7 moments

  1. Birth at Kuakini Medical Center

    · Kuakini Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

    Kamakawiwoʻole was born at Kuakini Medical Center in Honolulu.

  2. Remained in Hawaiʻi

    · Hawaii, United States

    The biography explicitly places Kamakawiwoʻole in Hawaiʻi when his brother entered the Army in 1971; it also contrasts his remaining there with his cousin’s 1976 move to the mainland. Coordinate is a representative point for the State of Hawaiʻi; the source does not specify an island or locality for this 1971 presence.

  3. Recorded “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” demo

    · Milan Bertosa recording studio, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

    At Milan Bertosa’s Honolulu recording studio, Kamakawiwoʻole made the one-take acoustic recording that was later released on Facing Future. The studio’s exact historical street address is not stated in the source; coordinates represent central Honolulu.

  4. Hospital meetings for solo career

    · The Queen's Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

    During a hospital stay in the summer of 1993, Kamakawiwoʻole met with producer Jon de Mello and began planning the solo project that led to Facing Future. The source supports summer 1993 but not a month or day.

  5. Performed for “Hot Hawaiian Nights”

    · KHNL, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

    Performed for “Hot Hawaiian Nights”
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    After leaving Queen’s, Kamakawiwoʻole and his new group went to KHNL for a televised performance on the new Hot Hawaiian Nights program. The report dates this sequence to 1993 but does not provide a broadcast date or a precise historical studio address; coordinates represent central Honolulu.

  6. Baptism at Word of Life Christian Center

    · Word of Life Christian Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

    Kamakawiwoʻole was baptized at Honolulu’s Word of Life Christian Center during the later phase of his career. The source provides the year and institution but not a baptism date or historical street address; coordinates represent central Honolulu.

  7. Death at Queen’s Medical Center

    · The Queen's Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

    Kamakawiwoʻole died of respiratory failure at The Queen’s Medical Center in Honolulu, aged 38.

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