Aloha, Don

April 14, 2007 5:45 PM

Don Ho passes away. Legendary Hawaiian entertainer Don Ho passed away this morning. Aloha, Don.
posted by Joey Michaels (51 comments total)

if there's any poetry in the world, when I get back to work on Monday, the anthurium plant that I named after him will have blossomed.

Unlikely, but it'd be pretty sweet.

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posted by StrangeTikiGod at 5:54 PM on April 14, 2007

The Ho lives on.
posted by phaedon at 5:55 PM on April 14, 2007

So to summarise, what you're saying is Don Ho has passed away?
posted by Second Account For Making Jokey Comments at 5:59 PM on April 14, 2007

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It's not just a period; it's a tiny bubble.
posted by jonp72 at 6:01 PM on April 14, 2007 [7 favorites]

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I loved him. RIP.
posted by WaterSprite at 6:03 PM on April 14, 2007

I'll always remember Don Ho for his lyrics to the Hawaii Five-O theme:

If you're feelin' lonely
You can come with me
Feel my arms around you
Lay beside the seaaaaaa
We will think of somethin' to do
Do it til it's perfect for you
And for me too
You can come with meeeee.

So leave your world behind you
You can come with me
Sing a song I'll teach you
Live your fantasyyyyyyy
Love ya in a natural way
Doesn't matter what time of day
You and I play
You can come with meeeee
Won'tcha come with meeee
You can come with meeee.

Mahalo, and aloha, Don.

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posted by fandango_matt at 6:04 PM on April 14, 2007

wow, that's one nappy-headed Don Ho.
posted by Saucy Intruder at 6:05 PM on April 14, 2007

posted by phaedon at 6:09 PM on April 14, 2007

It's not just a period; it's a tiny bubble.

this is a tiny bubble: °
posted by pruner at 6:14 PM on April 14, 2007

I'll drink some tiny bubbles for you tonight, Don. Mahalo.

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posted by luminous phenomena at 6:16 PM on April 14, 2007

I'm shocked. I always loved Don Ho. Especially on his old tv show when he would tell old women to reach for things in his pant pockets... frisky guy that Don. ;)

Let's all sing along, shall we?

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posted by miss lynnster at 6:20 PM on April 14, 2007

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It's a bubble, and it's tiny.
posted by sourwookie at 6:20 PM on April 14, 2007

Mahalo Don.
posted by nickyskye at 6:33 PM on April 14, 2007

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posted by mike3k at 6:33 PM on April 14, 2007

Don't forget Iz, the real king of Hawaiian music.
posted by mike3k at 6:34 PM on April 14, 2007

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posted by fandango_matt at 6:36 PM on April 14, 2007 [3 favorites]

Aw. Loved him. Farewell, Don.
posted by kimdog at 6:39 PM on April 14, 2007

No, f m, you're thinking of Don Imus, not Don Ho.
posted by wendell at 6:54 PM on April 14, 2007 [1 favorite]

my bad
posted by found missing at 6:55 PM on April 14, 2007

Easy to confuse... Don Imus calls people hos.
posted by miss lynnster at 7:02 PM on April 14, 2007

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posted by cookie-k at 7:04 PM on April 14, 2007

Ho down.
posted by kirkaracha at 7:05 PM on April 14, 2007 [1 favorite]

ho ho f m
posted by growabrain at 7:09 PM on April 14, 2007

His head wasn't at all nappy, was it?
posted by Dave Faris at 7:09 PM on April 14, 2007

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posted by garethspor at 7:19 PM on April 14, 2007

Vonnegut, now Ho. Who's the third?
posted by sourwookie at 7:29 PM on April 14, 2007

Johnny Hart, 4/7
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., 4/11
Don Ho, 4/14


Okay. So celebrities don't really die in threes. I'm just sayin'...
posted by ZachsMind at 7:32 PM on April 14, 2007

Here's my farewell tiny bubble:

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posted by MythMaker at 7:54 PM on April 14, 2007

Aww. I saw him perform once! I was only 6, though, and failed to appreciate it. Still..aloha Don.
posted by emjaybee at 8:03 PM on April 14, 2007

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posted by Lex Tangible at 9:08 PM on April 14, 2007

186;
posted by dirigibleman at 9:28 PM on April 14, 2007

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wtf...
posted by dirigibleman at 9:28 PM on April 14, 2007

We all should be so fortunate as to die in Hawaii.
posted by Burhanistan at 9:32 PM on April 14, 2007 [1 favorite]

Yeah, knock that Hart fellow of the list, the three spot is already taken.
posted by Bookhouse at 9:34 PM on April 14, 2007

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posted by gummi at 10:07 PM on April 14, 2007

Suck 'em up, baby!
posted by mazola at 10:09 PM on April 14, 2007

Oh, no, Bookhouse - not Box!

Box: Regular storage procedure. The same as the other food. The other food stopped coming. And they started.
Logan 5: What other food?
Box: Fish, and plankton. And sea greens, and protein from the sea. It's all here, ready. Fresh as harvest day. Fish and sea greens, plankton and protein from the sea. And then it stopped coming. And they came instead. So I store them here. I'm ready. And you're ready. It's my job. To freeze you. Protein, plankton...

posted by Guy Smiley at 10:53 PM on April 14, 2007

I heard that his sister, Nunbutanogood Ho, isn't doing too well either.


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(for that "Fantasy Island" episode in 1979)
posted by KevinSkomsvold at 11:13 PM on April 14, 2007

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posted by darkstar at 11:31 PM on April 14, 2007

If there's going to be a singalong, rather than "Tiny Bubbles", a better choice might be Don's other great signature tune, "I'll Remember You". Both were written by his friend Kui Lee, who died far far too young.

Aloha nui loa, Don. Tell Kui and Skippy and Iz and Gabby and Hilo Hattie and Alfred and Auntie Irmgard and Leonard and Dennis and all da rest we miss you buggahs!

 hui hou...
posted by Smilla's Sense of Snark at 1:00 AM on April 15, 2007

A hui hou.

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posted by trip and a half at 1:40 AM on April 15, 2007

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posted by Busithoth at 5:50 AM on April 15, 2007

Oh, no! Don Ho!

(A memorial palindrome.)
posted by Faint of Butt at 6:13 AM on April 15, 2007 [1 favorite]

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posted by Martin E. at 6:48 AM on April 15, 2007

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posted by Smart Dalek at 6:53 AM on April 15, 2007

And let us not forget the appropriate palindrome :

Oh no, Don Ho!
posted by tomble at 7:12 AM on April 15, 2007

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posted by klangklangston at 7:37 AM on April 15, 2007

The Beatles vs. Don Ho
posted by jonp72 at 11:05 AM on April 15, 2007

I have a photo of myself with Don Ho, taken in March 2005, right after his dinner show. I display it proudly on my desk. Everyone who comments on it always says the same thing: "What a great photo. Is that your grandma?" No, that's Don Ho.

RIP, Don.
posted by .kobayashi. at 2:21 PM on April 15, 2007

We were in Honolulu this past summer and my Big Island Revealed book had less thank kind things to say about a recent performance of Ho. They said something like "he wasn't in a state to perform", which I thought meant he was blotto or something. It was kind of too bad 'cause I was taking the wife through my childhood tourist haunts, of which Ho (and the similarly defunct Aliis) were one.
posted by Ogre Lawless at 1:46 PM on April 17, 2007

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posted by allaboutgeorge at 10:25 AM on April 19, 2007