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Frank Fasi Obituary

HONOLULU (AP) - Frank Fasi, who served as Honolulu mayor for 22 years and ran unsuccessfully for Hawaii governor five times, has died at home. He was 89.

Fasi's son, David, issued an e-mail saying his father died peacefully of natural causes late Wednesday night surrounded by his wife and children.

Mayor Mufi Hannemann issued a statement saying he was "heartbroken over the passing of a true legend in island politics."

A Democrat most of his career, Fasi also ran as a Republican and as an independent when it suited his purposes.

Fasi was mayor from 1968 until 1980 and then again in 1984-94. His last run for statewide office came in 1998, when he lost the Republican gubernatorial primary.


Copyright © 2010 The Associated Press
Published by Chicago Sun-Times on Feb. 4, 2010.

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