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Don Ho's Final Aloha

Submitted by _DictionaryGirl_

Edited by _DictionaryGirl_

Tags: Don Ho, death, national treasure, grandmas



It's a rough week in entertainment for the cult wonders. Today, Hawaii state (and, dare I say, national) treasure Don Ho made his way to the great Coconut Grove in the sky, leaving Wayne Newton and Tom Jones to fend for themselves as the last of a dying breed.

I don't quite know what to say at times like this, so I'll go with personal anecdote. See, back in the 1970s, my parents lived for a time in Hawaii. One time a bunch of my mom's relatives flew out to visit, and on a lark she got her two grandmothers a pair of tickets to see Don Ho. It was far and away the highlight of their trip, and they talked about it with wistful fondness for decades. Both of them passed away within the last year and a half, and now this. I've never exactly been into his music itself (nor do I expect many of you to be), but the man lived a great life and made a lot of elderly ladies very happy. So if it's all right with you, I'm going to go ahead and suppose that there's some spectacular astral luau going on right about now, and my great-grandmas are all up in the Mai Tais and wine like there's no tomorrow, tiny bubbles everywhere.

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J24U

J24U

Danvers, MA
February 2006

APR 15, 2007 08:19 AM

Tiny Bubbles was always one of my favorite cadences to march to in the army, I'll always have those memories to remember Don by...well that, and his appearance on the Brady Bunch.

Aloha Don.

Cigarette

Cigarette

Cleveland, OH
April 2004

APR 15, 2007 08:19 AM

obeypabst said:
People usually die in threes!! Who is next???
Johnny Cash, John Ritter, and whatshisname, a few years ago....

RIP donnie old bud!!



That was number three.

Anna Nicole Smith, Kurt Vonnegut, Don Ho

otaku

otaku

USA
January 2004

APR 15, 2007 08:48 AM

I actually have vague memories of his 70s (80s?) show (wasn't it a daytime show?).
RIP Don

apesamongus

apesamongus

Atlanta, GA
July 2002

APR 15, 2007 09:09 AM

Cigarette said:

obeypabst said:
People usually die in threes!! Who is next???
Johnny Cash, John Ritter, and whatshisname, a few years ago....

RIP donnie old bud!!



That was number three.

Anna Nicole Smith, Kurt Vonnegut, Don Ho


That's all over the perverbial map.

cowpunk3rd

cowpunk3rd

New Zealand
December 2005

APR 15, 2007 09:58 AM

Ka Huaka`i Maika`i.

Say Hi to Brudda Iz.

Quirky

Quirky

Birmingham, AL
October 2005

APR 15, 2007 10:27 AM

Henehene kou `aka
Kou le`ale`a paha,
He mea ma`a mau ia,
For you and I.

frown

:

Quirky

Quirky

Birmingham, AL
October 2005

APR 15, 2007 10:28 AM

Poptard said:
Henehene kou `aka
Kou le`ale`a paha,
He mea ma`a mau ia,
For you and I.

frown
Say Hi to Braddah Iz.



HorseheadFiddle

HorseheadFiddle

San Diego, CA
October 2004

APR 15, 2007 12:06 PM

Cigarette said:

obeypabst said:
People usually die in threes!! Who is next???
Johnny Cash, John Ritter, and whatshisname, a few years ago....

RIP donnie old bud!!



That was number three.

Anna Nicole Smith, Kurt Vonnegut, Don Ho




DO NOT INCLUDE that cunt Anna Nicole Cow Smith
in this list of dead genuine souls. I mean, I don't
know Don Ho's music either, but I damnwell know
Vonnegut.

Cigarette

Cigarette

Cleveland, OH
April 2004

APR 15, 2007 12:10 PM

Nothingful said:

Cigarette said:

obeypabst said:
People usually die in threes!! Who is next???
Johnny Cash, John Ritter, and whatshisname, a few years ago....

RIP donnie old bud!!



That was number three.

Anna Nicole Smith, Kurt Vonnegut, Don Ho




DO NOT INCLUDE that cunt Anna Nicole Cow Smith
in this list of dead genuine souls. I mean, I don't
know Don Ho's music either, but I damnwell know
Vonnegut.



Watch it, tiger, or yr gonna have a heart attack at twenty-eight.

Kes

Kes

USA
August 2006

APR 15, 2007 12:14 PM

Nothingful said:

Cigarette said:

obeypabst said:
People usually die in threes!! Who is next???
Johnny Cash, John Ritter, and whatshisname, a few years ago....

RIP donnie old bud!!



That was number three.

Anna Nicole Smith, Kurt Vonnegut, Don Ho



DO NOT INCLUDE that cunt Anna Nicole Cow Smith
in this list of dead genuine souls. I mean, I don't
know Don Ho's music either, but I damnwell know
Vonnegut.



inappropriate
keep it under your hat next time, please

_DictionaryGirl_

_DictionaryGirl_

NEWSWIRE

San Diego, CA

APR 15, 2007 03:12 PM

Nothingful said:

Cigarette said:

obeypabst said:
People usually die in threes!! Who is next???
Johnny Cash, John Ritter, and whatshisname, a few years ago....

RIP donnie old bud!!



That was number three.

Anna Nicole Smith, Kurt Vonnegut, Don Ho




DO NOT INCLUDE that cunt Anna Nicole Cow Smith
in this list of dead genuine souls. I mean, I don't
know Don Ho's music either, but I damnwell know
Vonnegut.



Not cool. Who are you to judge the alleged genuinity (or lack thereof) of anyone's soul? The fact remains that all three are niche icons. I actually rather like Cigarette's assessment.

Cigarette

Cigarette

Cleveland, OH
April 2004

APR 15, 2007 03:17 PM

_DictionaryGirl_ said:

Nothingful said:

Cigarette said:

obeypabst said:
People usually die in threes!! Who is next???
Johnny Cash, John Ritter, and whatshisname, a few years ago....

RIP donnie old bud!!



That was number three.

Anna Nicole Smith, Kurt Vonnegut, Don Ho




DO NOT INCLUDE that cunt Anna Nicole Cow Smith
in this list of dead genuine souls. I mean, I don't
know Don Ho's music either, but I damnwell know
Vonnegut.



Not cool. Who are you to judge the alleged genuinity (or lack thereof) of anyone's soul? The fact remains that all three are niche icons. I actually rather like Cigarette's assessment.



It was pretty much a joke. All this brouhaha for one bit of silliness.

papawheelie

papawheelie

Fisty, KY
February 2003

APR 15, 2007 03:18 PM

whoa. I just got him to autograph his CD like 3 weeks ago and we all joked about how we couldn't believe he was still alive... dang. he was looking _really_ old

papawheelie

papawheelie

Fisty, KY
February 2003

APR 15, 2007 03:19 PM

Cigarette said:
It was pretty much a joke. All this brouhaha for one bit of silliness.



no, jokes are funny. that was just mean

Cigarette

Cigarette

Cleveland, OH
April 2004

APR 15, 2007 03:38 PM

papawheelie said:

Cigarette said:
It was pretty much a joke. All this brouhaha for one bit of silliness.



no, jokes are funny. that was just mean



It was mean to suggest that Smith, Vonnegut and Ho are a string of three famous deaths?

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