Pat Morita has died.
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R.I.P. Pat Morita
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Re: R.I.P. Pat Morita
What an incredible life. He'll most definitely be missed.
Here's his IMDB profile (he still has appearances coming up - though Only the Brave isn't mentioned) and a Wikipedia entry. Here's a nice writeup by a local writer. Remember his "Hi-Y" ad for First Hawaiian Bank? He had strong ties to the islands.Last edited by pzarquon; November 25, 2005, 08:27 AM.
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Re: R.I.P. Pat Morita
Originally posted by pzarquon[...]Remember his "Hi-Y" ad for First Hawaiian Bank? He had strong ties to the islands.
Yes, indeed, he'll be missed.
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Originally posted by pzarquonthough Only the Brave isn't mentioned) and a Wikipedia entry.
A related note: Did you know that Mark Dascascos (one of the main characters in "Only the Brave") is now the guy who plays Kaga's nephew on "Iron Chef America"? And Yuji Okumoto (another main character in "Only the Brave"), who also had roles with Pat Morita in the Karate Kid movies, also auditioned for the part of Kaga's nephew for "Iron Chef America"?
Miulang"Americans believe in three freedoms. Freedom of speech; freedom of religion; and the freedom to deny the other two to folks they don`t like.” --Mark Twain
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Originally posted by MiulangAnd Yuji Okumoto (another main character in "Only the Brave"), who also had roles with Pat Morita in the Karate Kid movies, also auditioned for the part of Kaga's nephew for "Iron Chef America"?
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Originally posted by Leo Lakio
...and is the owner of Kona Kitchen restaurant here in Seattle, where, one weekend morning each month, you just might bump into the staff of the "Northwest Hawai`i Times" newspaper, plotting our next couple months' issues...Are you referring to issues for the online edition?? Pat Morita would've said, "bahaa haa!" And you can tell Rochelle I said that, too.
"Pat's relationship with Hawaii was very unique," said singer Jimmy Borges, who met Morita in San Francisco more than four decades ago. "Everybody here thought he was from Hawaii because he had that feeling of being a local. He used to laugh at that. And he felt he was home here."
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