TOKYO: Akebono, a Hawaiian who was the first foreign-born sumo wrestler to become a grand champion, has died aged 54, US officials and Japanese media said Thursday.Born Chad Rowan in 1969, Akebono was among the most successful sumo wrestlers of the 1990s.He reached the sport's highest rank of yokozuna, or grand champion, in 1993 and became a Japanese citizen in 1996.Akebono won 11 tournaments before retiring as a wrestler in 2001 to train younger fighters.He died in early April after heart...
Tributes paid to wrestler, who was born Chad Rowan and became the sport's
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Pioneering US-born former sumo wrestling champion Akebono has died, his family announced in a statement Thursday. Widely considered to have blazed a trail for other foreign sumo wrestlers, the 54-year-old died of heart failure at a hospital in Japan. Born Chad George Ha’aheo Rowan in Hawaii, Akebono became the first non-Japanese yokozuna – a sumo grand champion, the highest rank in the sport. “It is with sadness that we announce Akebono Taro died of heart failure earlier this month while...
By STEPHEN WADE and AUDRY MCAVOY Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Hawaii-born Akebono Taro, one of the greats of sumo wresting and a former grand champion, has died. He was 54. He was the first foreign-born wrestler to reach the level of “yokozuna” — or grand champion — in Japan. At the prime of his
Hawaii-born sumo champion Akebono Taro dies at the age of 54 in Japan
Hawaii-born Akebono Taro, one of the greats of sumo wresting and a former grand champion, has died
Hawaii-born Akebono, one of the greats of sumo wrestling and a former grand champion, has died. “It is with sadness that we announce Akebono Taro died of heart failure earlier this month while receiving care at a hospital in the Tokyo area,” the family said in a statement obtained from the office of Hawaii Gov. Josh Green. Akebono grew up on the rural side of the Koolau mountains from Honolulu and was born Chad Rowan.
TOKYO (AP) — Hawaii-born Akebono, one of the greats of sumo wrestling and a former grand champion, has died. He was 54. He was the first foreign-born wrestler to reach the level of “yokozuna” — or
Musician had held top roles at Glyndebourne opera and in Chicago, Melbourne and Toronto orchestrasSir Andrew Davis, a conductor who performed with many of the world’s finest orchestras, has died at the age of 80.Throughout his long career Davis held many roles, including for more than a decade those of chief conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBCSO) and musical director of Glyndebourne Festival Opera. Continue reading
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