A Celebration of Life will be held on April 12 for Dr. Alan Yabui. He died on Feb. 24 at age 81 from a head injury from a fall. He had also been dealing with chronic kidney failure and Alzheimer’s disease. Born in 1940 at the Lahaina Pioneer cannery camp hospital in Maui, Yabui spent […]
IN MEMORY OF …: Calvin Joseph Fung (1924-2022)
With his daughters at his side, Calvin Joseph Fung, 97, died peacefully on Feb. 11. He leaves behind his wife of 73 years (Jeni), daughters Janine Chan (Brian) and Alicia Davis (Mark); grandchildren Natalie Rodgers (Blake), Jordan Davis (Kylie), Paul Davis and Carlyn Bisset (Denver); great grandchildren Reagan, Eleanor, Eli, Ava and Layla and nieces […]
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s son dies
Microsoft Corp. told its executive staff in an email this week that Zain Nadella, son of Chief Executive Officer Satya, died on Feb. 28. He was 26 years old and had been born with cerebral palsy. Last year, Seattle’s Children’s Hospital, where Zain received much of his treatment, joined with Nadella and his wife Anu […]
Remembering Kiku Hayashi
Kikuye Hayashi of Seattle died on Sept. 13. She was 78 years old. “Kiku was one of a kind,” Bill Tashima, a friend of Hayashi, told the Northwest Asian Weekly. “She was a good friend and, in spite of her busy schedule, she always found time for me.” Hayashi was born on Dec. 17, 1942, […]
Remembering Bill Lee
By Ruth Bayang NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY A beloved volunteer of the Danny Woo Community Garden, Bill Lee, will be remembered on Saturday, July 16 at noon—fittingly at the same garden where he spent so much time. Lizzy Baskerville is the garden manager at Danny Woo. “[Bill] was the first person to show me the ins […]
Remembering Kim Phạm, a voice for Washington’s Vietnamese community
By Stacy Nguyen Northwest Asian Weekly Kim Phạm, the publisher of Người Việt Tây Bắc (Northwest Vietnamese News), died in his sleep on March 30, at the age of 71. He passed four months beyond what was predicted for him, after he suffered a mild heart attack, after his doctors discovered and alerted him that […]
Deems Tsutakawa passes
Jazz pianist Deems Tsutakawa died on Feb. 25, according to an obituary. He was 69 years old and battled cancer.
Mary Matsuda Gruenewald: Author, health care pioneer dies
Mary Matsuda Gruenewald died on Feb. 11 of complications from non-COVID-related pneumonia, her son Ray Gruenewald told the Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber. She was 96 years old.
In remembrance of King T. Lee
If you have dined at a variety of restaurants in the Puget Sound area, it is likely you have been indirectly affected by my father’s work (chances are higher if you frequent restaurants featuring Asian cuisines).
Remembering Corky Lee — the unofficial Asian American photographer laureate
On Jan. 27, the unofficial “Asian American photographer laureate,” Corky Lee, passed away from complications of COVID-19 at the age of 73. For over 50 years, Corky dedicated himself to capturing the social and political lives of Asian and Pacific Islander Americans (APIA) on camera.
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