Magnum, P.I.
1980
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Oct 18, 2002 · Find a Grave Memorial ID: 6897667. Source citation. Actor. He is best remembered for his role as detective 'Chin Ho Kelly' on the CBS television crime drama series Hawaii Five-O that aired from September 1968 until April 1980. Born Kam Tong Chun, he worked at the Pearl Harbor, Hawaii shipyard after graduating from high school in 1938 and was a ...
Kam Fong Chun was born in the Kalihi neighborhood of Honolulu, Hawaii. A 1938 graduate of President William McKinley High School, he worked at Pearl Harbor shipyard in his 20s as a boiler maker and was a witness to the attack by the Japanese on December 7, 1941. After the death of his first wife and two eldest children in 1944, he applied for a ...
May 18, 2013 · Less than two months later, Chun joined the Honolulu Police Department. He married his wife Gladys in 1949, and together they had four children. Chun worked as one of Honolulu’s Finest for 16 years, in assignments that included patrol officer, radio dispatcher, and working with junior police officers (JPO). He retired from the Honolulu Police ...
Nov 1, 2002 · Kam Fong Chun, known on television as Detective Chin Ho Kelly in the popular crime series ''Hawaii Five-O,'' died here on Oct. 18. He was 84. The cause was lung cancer, his family said. Working ...
Nov 1, 2002 · Kam Fong Chun, 84, an actor best known for his portrayal of police Det. Chin Ho Kelly on the television series “Hawaii Five-O,” died Oct. 18 in Hawaii after a long battle with lung cancer.
Francis C H Chun. 1913 - 1998. View all 12 similar people. Surname meaning for Chun. Chinese: Mandarin form of the surname 春 meaning ‘spring (season)’ in Chinese: (i) traced back to Chun Zi (春子) or Chun Ju (春居) the name of officials during the reign of King Xuan of Qi (ruler of the state of Qi died 301 BC ).
Oct 30, 2002 · The statement said Chun could never understand how "a poor barefoot boy from Kalihi" could wind up on a Hollywood sound stage. When he appeared on "Five-O" Chun adopted the stage name Kam Fong. He appeared on the successful CBS show from 1968 to 1978, starring as the trusty colleague of "Five-O" lead Jack Lord, who played Steve McGarrett.
