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News details released in a report Wednesday say "Yu-Gi-Oh!" creator Kazuki Takahashi’s July death came after he tried to three people from a treacherous rip current off the coast of Japan.
"He died trying to save someone else," U.S. Major Robert Bourgeau said of Kazuki Takahashi.
When three snorkelers got caught in a rip current on July 4, Takahashi jumped in to aid the rescue efforts of U.S. soldiers on the scene.
'Yu-Gi-Oh!' Creator Kazuki Takahashi Reportedly Drowned Trying to Save Child Caught in Riptide: "He's a hero. He died trying to save someone else."
The 60-year-old was found off the coast of Okinawa, south Japan, on July 7 and was initially thought to have been snorkeling when he died.