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Hawaii broadcast journalist Emme Tomimbang Burns dies at age 73

Longtime Hawaii television journalist Emme Tomimbang Burns died Monday while undergoing emergency surgery. She was 73.

By Courtesy Lynne Waters and UH John A. Burns School of Medicine

Feb. 20, 2024

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Emme Tomimbang at a 2015 event.
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Emme Tomimbang
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Emme Tomimbang and Lynne Waters.
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Emme Tomimbang, second from left, Lynne Waters, left, and former president Barack Obama and Michelle Obama, right.
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Emme Tomimbang, second from left, and Lynne Waters, middle. Also pictured are Larry Price, left, Rick Kwan, second from right, and Tim Tindall, right.
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Emme Tomimbang in an undated photo.
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Undated photo of Emme Tomimbang, left, with Larry Mehau, middle, and Lynne Waters, right.

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