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Don failed to do so, and thereby breached the agreement
Don Ho's daughter sues over property Feb 04, 2008
I never thought I was my age until they showed me my picture taken in a hospital bed and underneath, (the caption) said I was 75
Don Ho turns 76 Aug 13, 2006
He is continuing his rest and recuperation at an undisclosed location
Don Ho home after stem cell treatment Dec 20, 2005
Bobby was the handsomest guy in the beach. He was a great surfer and he had a line of girls following him all the time
Bobby Krewson, Hawaii beachboy, dies Mar 04, 2005
Donald Tai Loy "Don" Ho (simplified Chinese: 何大来; traditional Chinese: 何大來; pinyin: Hé Dàlái; August 13, 1930 – April 14, 2007) was a Hawaiian and traditional pop musician, singer and entertainer.
Ho, of Chinese, Hawaiian, Portuguese, Dutch, and German descent, was born in the small Honolulu neighborhood of Kakaʻako, but he grew up in Kāneʻohe on the windward side of the island of Oʻahu. He was a graduate of the Kamehameha Schools in 1949 and he attended Springfield College on a football scholarship in 1950, but returned home to earn a bachelor's degree in sociology at University of Hawai'i in 1953. In 1954 Ho entered the United States Air Force doing his basic training at Keesler AFB, Mississippi and spent time flying fighter jets in both Texas and Hawaii. Transferred to Hamilton AFB, California he went to the local town of Concord and bought an electronic keyboard from a music store, and recalls, "That's when it all started."
Don married his high school sweetheart, Melvamay Kolokea Wong, on November 21, 1951. She was the mother to the first six of his children. Ho was married for 48 years until his wife's passing on June 8, 1999. While in the military, Ho traveled from state to state with his young family until he was called home to help his mother Honey Ho, with the family bar business called Honey's.