February 04, 2010
Former Honolulu Mayor Frank Fasi dies at 89
The Associated PressFrank Fasi, who served as Honolulu mayor for 22 years and ran unsuccessfully for Hawaii governor five times, has died at home. He was 89.
Fasi's son, David, issued an e-mail saying his father died peacefully of natural causes late Wednesday night surrounded by his wife and children.
Mayor Mufi Hannemann issued a statement saying he was "heartbroken over the passing of a true legend in island politics."
A Democrat most of his career, Fasi also ran as a Republican and as an independent when it suited his purposes.
Fasi was mayor from 1968 until 1980 and then again in 1984-94. His last run for statewide office came in 1998, when he lost the Republican gubernatorial primary.