Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. Ken Shimura, a popular comedian in Japan, has died after contracting the coronavirus, becoming the ...

Ken Shimura was hospitalized on March 20 with severe pneumonia before testing positive for coronavirus three days later Ken Shimura, a famed television comedian who has been described as Japan’s Robin ...

A household name in his native Japan, Ken Shimura’s popularity bridged generations. The comedian was a constant fixture on Japanese television for the better part of five decades, rarely straying from ...

Ken Shimura, a comedian who was a fixture on Japanese television for decades, died on Sunday evening from the coronavirus, the Japanese media reported Monday. He was 70, and immediately before his ...

Veteran Japanese comedian Ken Shimura, who was hospitalized for pneumonia on Monday, tested positive for the novel coronavirus on Tuesday, his agency Izawa Office announced Wednesday. His condition is ...

Ken Shimura, the 70-year-old Japanese comedian who had been described as “Japan’s Robin Williams,” has died of pneumonia caused by the coronavirus. His agency confirmed the news, making him the first ...

TOKYO — Popular Japanese comedian Ken Shimura has died from the coronavirus infection, becoming Japan’s first known celebrity to be a victim of the disease. He was 70. Shimura, who attracted fans of ...

Veteran Japanese comedian Ken Shimura, who was hospitalized for pneumonia on Monday, tested positive for the novel coronavirus on Tuesday, his agency Izawa Office announced Wednesday. His condition is ...

Beloved Japanese comedian Ken Shimura has passed away a week after contracting the coronavirus. He was 70. The Tokyo native was revered in his home country, where he is a household name and has been ...

TOKYO (AP) — Popular Japanese comedian Ken Shimura, who drew inspiration from the American comedic icon Jerry Lewis, has died from the coronavirus, becoming Japan's first known celebrity victim of the ...

Beloved Japanese comedian Ken Shimura has died at age 70 after he was diagnosed with coronavirus and placed on a ventilator in Tokyo, according to his representatives. The famed funnyman, who died ...