NEW YORK — Stan Hametz, 71, longtime executive with Panasonic, died on Tuesday, Jan. 5, here, according to an obituary in the New York Times.

Hametz was a senior VP with Panasonic, specializing for most of the time in video, and responsible for selling and introducing such products as VHS VCRs, DVDs, video cameras and camcorders.

The funeral was held at Wellwood Cemetery in Farmingdale, N.Y., on Jan. 6. Hametz is survived by wife Linda, and children, Michelle, Andrew and Craig.