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PostPosted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 9:46 pm 
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'Tiny Bubbles' Singer Don Ho Dies at 76

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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HONOLULU (AP) -- Legendary crooner Don Ho, known for his raspberry-tinted sunglasses and catchy signature tune ''Tiny Bubbles,'' has died, his publicist said. He was 76.

Publicist Donna Jung said the singer died Saturday morning of heart failure. He had suffered with heart problems for the past several years, and had a pacemaker installed last fall. In 2005, he underwent an experimental stem cell procedure on his ailing heart in Thailand in 2005.

Ho entertained Hollywood's biggest stars and thousands of tourists for four decades. For many, no trip to Hawaii was complete without seeing his Waikiki show -- a mix of songs, jokes, double entendres, Hawaii history and audience participation.

Shows usually started and ended with the same song, ''Tiny Bubbles,'' which Ho mostly hummed as the audience enthusiastically took over.

''I hate that song,'' he often joked to the crowd, adding that he saved it for the end because ''people my age can't remember if we did it or not.''

Donald Tai Loy Ho, who is Hawaiian, Chinese, Portuguese, Dutch and German, was born Aug. 13, 1930, in Honolulu and grew up in the then-rural countryside of Kaneohe.


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'Donald Tai Loy Ho, who is Hawaiian, Chinese, Portuguese, Dutch and German


Well, that explains stuff I wondered.


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I hope in my life that I get to drink even a quarter of the Royal Hawaiian mai tais that guy downed.


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i had 3 mai tai's last night - at least one of those were for you don

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I'm going to his funeral.

Not really, but I'll be on Maui next week so if people ask why I'll tell them for Don Ho. Because a destination wedding just isn't as cool as a desination funeral

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Tell them you're dating Hoku and you're paying your respects to her dad


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Tell them you're dating Hoku and you're paying your respects to her dad


Hoku. :rawk:

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This dude has put his ukelele pickers up the crack of more unsuspecting haole chicks than you can dream. A Monster. ALOHA MEANS GOODBYE!!

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Getting experimental heart work done in Thailand is never a good sign.


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The 1st thing I thought of was the time he appeared on The Brady Bunch when they went to Hawaii and found the cursed Tiki..Then I thought of Tiny Bubbles...RIP..He was one Bad Ho !!!!!!!!!!!!!


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RIP you happy Hukilan Ho


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RIP you happy Hukilan Ho


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A pity that Imus got fired before this happened... Now, who will there be to make tin-eared jokes about "hoes"?


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A pity that Imus got fired before this happened... Now, who will there be to make tin-eared jokes about "hoes"?

Dunno. Have you sent in your resume?


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BRING THE REVOLUTION Wrote:
A pity that Imus got fired before this happened... Now, who will there be to make tin-eared jokes about "hoes"?

Dunno. Have you sent in your resume?


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