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Former chairman of Seven & i Holdings Toshifumi Suzuki, credited for the global success of 7-Eleven convenience stores, has died at the age of 93, the company said Monday. Toshifumi Suzuki, chairman of Japan's biggest convenience store chain Seven-Eleven Japan Co. Ltd., introduces a logo of e-commerce venture "7dream.com" at its headquarters in Tokyo on June 22, 2000 Suzuki - known as the "father of the convenience store" in Japan -- died due to heart failure on May 18, the c