Li was China’s No. 2 leader from 2013-23 and an advocate for private business.
Read more
“Shaft,” which was released in 1971, was among the first of the so-called Blaxploitation movies, and it made Roundtree a movie star at 29.
Read more
In his work, Kauahikaua focused on using electrical geophysics and magnetic field and gravity variations to study Hawaii’s volcanoes and lava flows.
Read more
Misaka was born in Wailuku and grew up in Lahaina, attending King Kamehameha III Elementary School, which was damaged beyond repair in the fire, and Lahainaluna Intermediate and Lahainaluna High.
Read more
Young had roles in acclaimed films and television shows including “Chinatown,” “Once Upon a Time in America” and “The Sopranos.”
Read more
Book publishing is hard to imagine without the raspy-voiced Rubin, a powerful and colorful presence for decades with his tortoiseshell glasses, stylish suits and wide range of friends and colleagues, from Jacqueline Kennedy to Beverly Sills.
Read more
Laurie received Academy Award nominations for 1961’s “The Hustler,” “Carrie” in 1976 and “Children of a Lesser God” in 1986.
Read more
In a career spanning more than 60 years, Gluck forged a narrative of trauma, disillusion, stasis and longing, spelled by moments of ecstasy and contentment.
Read more
- By Special to
the Star-Advertiser
-
Oct. 13, 2023
- 10
In 1985, when legendary Honolulu Mayor Frank F. Fasi determined that city hall was “just not festive enough” around the holidays, he tasked his then-Press Secretary Carol Costa with jazzing up the courtyard and lawn of Honolulu Hale.
Read more
On Oct. 1, Dorothy Hoffner made a tandem skydive that could land her in the record books as the world’s oldest skydiver.
Read more
Details on how he developed the allergic reaction were not immediately available.
Read more
“Can you name five female architects?”
Read more
Yemun Chung — event promoter, entertainment visionary, decorated combat veteran — died Sept. 11 in Las Vegas after complaining of chest pains. He was 78.
Read more
According to a statement released by the team, Butkus’ family confirmed that he died in his sleep overnight at his home in Malibu, California.
Read more
“No, no, no,” friends and family pleaded when Bob Wagner pondered whether to accept an offer from Hawaii head coach Larry Price to join the Rainbow Warriors as an assistant coach.
Read more
Joan Lee Husted was one of the founders of the Hawai‘i State Teachers Association, its chief labor negotiator and the face of the union for more than three decades.
Read more
Ryuzo Yanagimachi, a renowned University of Hawaii fertility researcher who created the technique to develop the world’s first cloned mouse, died last week at the age of 95.
Read more
Before NFL tight ends dated pop superstars and before wrestlers were “The Rock” stars, there was part-time Hawaii resident Russ Francis.
Read more