His suicide took the world by surprise. First thoughts are why, he had it going on? But nobody knows what dark places he was in mentally. I loved your Parts Unknown series. Rest in peace.
Tag: death
Thoughts about the Lisa Au unsolved murder
This is one unsolved murder case in Honolulu that left a lasting impression with me. Maybe because it was the first high profile, sensational, and socially impacting one that I absorbed in the news as a young adult, recently moved to Hawaii at the time. And it had ripple effect ramifications… HPD banned grilled or any other flashing blue lights on subsidized cars except for the authorized strap-on and lock down blue roof light.…
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Hugh Hefner
In the passing of Playboy Hugh Hefner on Sep 27, I read a few humorous lines about him on various social media outlets. One was saying that he’s one person you can’t say is “in a better place”… arguably true I guess. Though, what a life her must have had huh… all those fine young beauty model women around him, thrown at him.…
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Glen Campbell’s passing
I just had to go on YT and look up Glen Campbell’s one hit(of his many of course) that is etched in my memory as a sound byte of sophomore year in high school. Rest in peace…
Chuck Berry has left the building
Sad news today about Chuck Berry passing. He had a lot of hits in his 5+ decades career. One hit in particular brings back memories of childhood/pre-teen days for me… 7th grade memories in particular. Walking to class between buildings at Agueda. Riding the bus to and from school. That carefree feeling and attitude as I began exploring life in general beyond my own neighborhood.…
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The Diane Suzuki Murder Mystery
Remembering this mysterious disappearance of Diane Suzuki back in ’85 after seeing the story revisited on the news….

In tribute to Maurice White
Earth, Wind & Fire is one of those groups that Lou and I always liked, and a couple of their hits had become what we call “our” songs. Those songs that became pillars in the definition of our relationship…
So here’s to the memory of recently departed Maurice White, of Earth, Wind & Fire.…
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Robin Williams – Suicide
This was a shocker to me. Not that I was a devout fan of [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Williams]Robin Williams[/url] per se, but he was a brilliant comedian and actor. He was one of those whose abilities to do ad hoc and ad lib comedy as well as perform across the entire range of acting roles fro funny to serious.…
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Remembering Shari
I didn’t know her personally or anything like that, but I saw her almost every night. Almost. Shari Shima was a familiar face on the local news channels I watched for years. Back in the early to mid 90s, co-worker used to argue as to whether Shari, on KITV, was prettier than Kimmie Gennaula at KGMB. I favored Kimmie but it was close call to me!…
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