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Oct 18, 2002 · 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 witness to the Japanese...
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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 ...
Oct 31, 2002 · Kam Fong was born Kam Tong Chun, which means "golden temple," in 1918. His first teacher misunderstood the name and taught him to write Kam Fong Chun. He later legalized it to Fong. CBS, which aired "Hawaii Five-0," asked him to shorten it to Kam Fong. As a child, his family lived on little more than soda crackers, sugar and water.
found in U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current. Kam Fong Chun. found in Web: Obituary Daily Times Index, 1995-2012. View more historical records for Kam Fong Chun.
- May 27, 1918
- October 18, 2002
Oct 30, 2002 · Posted at 12:39 p.m., Wednesday, October 30, 2002. 'Five-O' actor Kam Fong Chun dead at 84. By Mike Gordon. and Rod Ohira. Advertiser Staff Writers. Kam Fong Chun, the Kalihi native known to millions of TV viewers as Detective Chin Ho Kelly on "Hawai'i Five-O," has died, his family announced today. He was 84.
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