Morita, the ex-husband of Yukiye Kitahara, passed away on November 24, 2005, at the age of 73. What led to the death of the actor from The Karate Kid is still unknown. Mr. Miyagi’s demise has been attributed to both heart failure and kidney failure.
According to Metro, the difficulty in determining Morita’s cause of death resulted from the conflicting comments made by his daughter and manager. According to the story, Kitahara’s spouse passed away due to kidney failure, but his daughter Aly attributed his death to heart failure.
