GreekChat.com Forums  

Go Back   GreekChat.com Forums > General Chat Topics > Entertainment
Register FAQ Community Calendar Today's Posts Search

Entertainment TV, movies, music, books, sports, radio...

» GC Stats
Members: 329,714
Threads: 115,665
Posts: 2,204,926
Welcome to our newest member, aleispetrovo785
» Online Users: 1,656
0 members and 1,656 guests
No Members online
Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 04-14-2007, 07:49 PM
Unregistered-
Guest
 
Posts: n/a
Unhappy Aloha 'Oe, Don Ho: 1930-2007

The King of Waikiki Entertainment died this morning of a heart attack.

A world icon who helped put us on the map, he will be greatly missed by kama`aina and visitors alike.

"Tiny bubbles...make me warm all over...
With the feeling that I'm going to love you till the end of time..."

Last edited by Unregistered-; 04-15-2007 at 04:30 PM. Reason: Updated the link
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 04-14-2007, 07:56 PM
sigtau305 sigtau305 is offline
Moderator
 
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Posts: 9,324
Send a message via ICQ to sigtau305 Send a message via Yahoo to sigtau305
R.I.P. Don
__________________
Garth J. Lampkin, Diversity and Inclusion Chair, Region 4
Sigma Tau Gamma Fraternity


LetEmKnow!!RollTau!!
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 04-14-2007, 08:58 PM
carnation carnation is offline
Super Moderator
 
Join Date: Aug 2000
Posts: 14,231
Unhappy

Ohhhhh...
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 04-14-2007, 09:08 PM
tinydancer tinydancer is offline
GreekChat Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Fort Worth, Texas - "Where the West begins"
Posts: 5,629
When I was in Southern Singers at Texas, we went to Hawaii in 1972. We went to Don's show and he got us all up on stage to sing. I'm so sorry to hear of his passing.
__________________
GAMMA PHI BETA
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 04-14-2007, 09:14 PM
kdonline kdonline is offline
GreekChat Member
 
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Seattle, WA Hometown: Miami, FL
Posts: 992
WOW! We were JUST talking about him this afternoon, when we were planning our trip to Hawaii!

Sorry to hear of his passing...
__________________
Annie / KD Online
Kappa Delta Sorority alumna %%%% Univ. of Florida - GO GATORS!! -=;==;<
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 04-15-2007, 12:16 AM
CutiePie2000 CutiePie2000 is offline
GreekChat Member
 
Join Date: May 2000
Posts: 5,718
Unhappy

Wow.....he was such an icon and now he's gone. He will definitely be missed.
Reply With Quote
  #7  
Old 04-15-2007, 03:35 AM
Scandia Scandia is offline
GreekChat Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Florida
Posts: 1,108
Send a message via AIM to Scandia
We sang that song during sorority rush while we were waiting in between the various parties!
__________________
AlphaPhiOmega

Theta Phi Alpha
Reply With Quote
  #8  
Old 05-05-2007, 05:51 PM
Unregistered-
Guest
 
Posts: n/a
If you guys aren't doing anything on a Saturday night and want to watch a local Hawaiian send-off like you will not believe, Don Ho's memorial will be broadcasted live via streaming internet here:

http://khnl.com/Global/category.asp?C=3495&nav=menu55_1

It'll start at 4:30 PM HST and Aunty Cha said they're expecting 25,000+ to flock to Queen's Surf. Mom booked us at the Sheraton for the weekend and as I look out the lanai, about a thousand people have already assembled in front of the stage to get a good seat for the celebration of his life.

Mom and I were invited (to represent my late father, a former Waikiki Beach Boy) to paddle out for the scattering of Don Ho's ashes. I still can't believe it. It's really an honor.

Anyway...hopefully y'all will be able to stay up till the end. Hoku Ho (Perfect Day-Legally Blonde) will be singing her dad's signature song "I'll Remember You" and I'm sure there won't be a dry eye on the beach after that.

Waikiki entertainment will never be the same.
Reply With Quote
  #9  
Old 05-05-2007, 06:53 PM
PM_Mama00 PM_Mama00 is offline
GreekChat Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Michigan
Posts: 5,807
Send a message via AIM to PM_Mama00 Send a message via Yahoo to PM_Mama00
Quote:
Originally Posted by OTW View Post
If you guys aren't doing anything on a Saturday night and want to watch a local Hawaiian send-off like you will not believe, Don Ho's memorial will be broadcasted live via streaming internet here:

http://khnl.com/Global/category.asp?C=3495&nav=menu55_1

It'll start at 4:30 PM HST and Aunty Cha said they're expecting 25,000+ to flock to Queen's Surf. Mom booked us at the Sheraton for the weekend and as I look out the lanai, about a thousand people have already assembled in front of the stage to get a good seat for the celebration of his life.

Mom and I were invited (to represent my late father, a former Waikiki Beach Boy) to paddle out for the scattering of Don Ho's ashes. I still can't believe it. It's really an honor.

Anyway...hopefully y'all will be able to stay up till the end. Hoku Ho (Perfect Day-Legally Blonde) will be singing her dad's signature song "I'll Remember You" and I'm sure there won't be a dry eye on the beach after that.

Waikiki entertainment will never be the same.

Wow you'll definitely have to let us know how that goes! That is a pretty huge honor. What is a Waikiki Beach Boy?
__________________
Proud to be a Macon Magnolia!

KLTC
Reply With Quote
  #10  
Old 05-05-2007, 07:06 PM
Unregistered-
Guest
 
Posts: n/a
Quote:
Originally Posted by PM_Mama00 View Post
Wow you'll definitely have to let us know how that goes! That is a pretty huge honor. What is a Waikiki Beach Boy?
A good description can be found here. My dad wasn't one of the originals, but he was part of the 2nd generation that took over as the original boys started to retire. He hung out with the legendary Duke Kahanamoku on a regular basis and if you go to Duke's Restaurant in Waikiki, you'll still see pics of my dad and all his homies from the 60s/70s.

I remember going to see Don Ho's shows as a kid and I knew that he was Dad's good friend, but it wasn't till I was much older that I realized how popular he really was around the world.
Reply With Quote
  #11  
Old 05-05-2007, 08:45 PM
carnation carnation is offline
Super Moderator
 
Join Date: Aug 2000
Posts: 14,231
Hey, do you know a guy named Jerry Whaley? He's Don Ho's cousin (looks a lot like him) who coached the UH cheerleaders.
Reply With Quote
  #12  
Old 05-07-2007, 02:02 AM
Unregistered-
Guest
 
Posts: n/a
Don't know Jerry Whaley, but if he was Don's cousin, then I'm sure my dad probably did!

Last night was absolutely amazing, and I'm still in shock that we were invited to the service.

I contemplated bringing the camera out to sea (we paddled 1/4 mile out), but I'm glad I didn't now, because the canoe carrying two of his daughters sank as we were coming back! These pics were taken my the dude I'm currently seeing while we were in the water:





Thousands lined the beach fronting Duke's as the outrigger canoes paddled out to sea. About 30 canoes carried us out, while hundreds more (invited or not) paddled out on their boards.





They danced on the beach while the news stations rolled. The memorial service and celebration of life concert broadcast live throughout the state last night.



Here's the armada of boats and canoes, and the HFD fire boat shooting water before and during the scattering of the ashes.

Just before the scattering of his ashes, the silence was broken by a F-15 ANG fly-by, dipping the wing, then shooting vertical. Not a lot of people knew that Don Ho was in the Air Force, and his memorial service included full military honors.

You can't see it in this picture, but the employees of the Hilton Hawaiian Village created a 76 foot long plumeria lei (one foot for each year of his life) that draped the lead catamaran.




The view from our 16th Floor lanai. About 150-200 of us were invited, and hundreds more tried to listen in on the service.

The following I filched from HS-B:



Don's widow holding some of his ashes. Each child received his/her own as well to scatter. His ashes were wrapped in ti-leaves, ho`okupu style. I thought it was pretty cool how the mothers of his 4 youngest children, Patty and Elizabeth, were also included in the service. A helicopter dropped thousands of petals as his ashes were scattered in the ocean.


Daughter Hoku, best known for her song "Perfect Day" from Legally Blonde.



A better view of the canoes.

Also, here's a slideshow from last night.

It was quite the sendoff befitting a wonderful man.
Reply With Quote
  #13  
Old 05-07-2007, 10:07 AM
BetteDavisEyes BetteDavisEyes is offline
GreekChat Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: USS Insanity
Posts: 4,970
It looks to be a beautiful and perfect service for a legendary man.
__________________
By the time a woman realizes her mother was right, she has a daughter who thinks she is wrong.
Reply With Quote
  #14  
Old 05-12-2007, 06:13 PM
AGDLynn AGDLynn is offline
GreekChat Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Georgia
Posts: 6,542
Don Ho's Daughter Found Dead

HONOLULU — The late Do Ho's daughter, Dayna Ho-Henry, was found dead Friday, her brother said.

The 51-year-old's death comes less than a week after the Waikiki Beach funeral for her father, who died April 14 of heart failure at age 76.

Ho-Henry was one of the legendary singer's 10 children. The entertainer is best known for his catchy signature tune "Tiny Bubbles."

No foul play is suspected, police spokeswoman Michelle Yu said.

"The family is grieving the loss of my sister and we're just trying to make sense of it," said Ho-Henry's brother, Dwight Ho.

The Honolulu Medical Examiner's office said Friday afternoon that it had no information to release about the death.
Reply With Quote
  #15  
Old 05-12-2007, 11:27 PM
Unregistered-
Guest
 
Posts: n/a


Dayna is seen here in the water, holding her step-mother's hand as the F-15 flew over.

We learned of her death shortly after Dwight found her and I had to break the news to my sister, who'll have to fly back again for funeral services. We still don't know the cause of death, but my heart aches for this family. They've been going through so much already...
Reply With Quote
Reply


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
All Orgs That were founded before 1930/Why I pledged stories PhiBeteDean Up & Coming National GLOs 27 08-25-2007 11:11 PM
Aloha NinjaPoodle Sigma Gamma Rho 10 02-02-2005 09:57 PM
Aloha joeymcconnell Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia 0 10-27-2004 06:47 PM
A Hazing Pic from 1930 on EBAY Nupeology Kappa Alpha Psi 2 05-12-2004 02:38 PM


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 06:16 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, vBulletin Solutions Inc.