Frank Fasi | Honolulu mayor, 89
Frank Fasi, 89, who was Honolulu's mayor for 22 years and ran unsuccessfully for governor five times, died Wednesday at his home in Hawaii.
Frank Fasi, 89, who was Honolulu's mayor for 22 years and ran unsuccessfully for governor five times, died Wednesday at his home in Hawaii.
Honolulu 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, Mr. Fasi also ran as a Republican and as an independent when it suited his purposes.
He was mayor from 1968 to 1980 and again from 1984 to 1994. His last run for statewide office came in 1998, when he lost the Republican gubernatorial primary.
- AP