PASSINGS
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Emiel N. Petrone, who helped introduce the CD and DVD formats as a longtime executive of Phillips Electronics and as chairman of the Digital Entertainment Group, died Monday in Los Angeles after a brief illness. He was 61.
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