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Rearview Mirror: Did Frank Sinatra launch Maui onions to celebrity status?

STAR-ADVERTISER / 1987
                                Frank Sinatra’s love of Maui onions appears to have raised their visibility and status on the mainland. Sinatra and Tom Selleck took a break during filming of a “Magnum P.I.” episode atop a Bethel Street building. Sinatra, a longtime fan of the show, played a retired New York detective who comes to Hawaii on a murder case and eventually teams up with Selleck.

STAR-ADVERTISER / 1987

Frank Sinatra’s love of Maui onions appears to have raised their visibility and status on the mainland. Sinatra and Tom Selleck took a break during filming of a “Magnum P.I.” episode atop a Bethel Street building. Sinatra, a longtime fan of the show, played a retired New York detective who comes to Hawaii on a murder case and eventually teams up with Selleck.