Haumea ho and don hos childrens hospital

Posted on: Sunday, April 13, 2008

DON HO
Hawaii marks year after Don Ho's death

By Wayne Harada
Advertiser Entertainment Writer

Since Don Ho's death, one year ago tomorrow, his showroom has gone dark, and soon will become home to a new venue named for another celebrity.

His former crew at the Hoku Hale has scattered. Family members have split over the future of his estate, and a court case is pending.

Even Don Ho's Island Grill is due for a name change. One might say the bubble has burst.

It's not the way he would have wanted to be remembered, said a longtime friend and confidant.

Ho, who died of heart failure on April 14, 2007, would be aghast at the chasm that's grown between his widow, Haumea Hebenstreit Ho, and his adult children, said Cha Thompson, Ho's friend and fellow Waikiki entertainer.

"Don is rolling in his grave," she said.

In January, one of Ho's daughters filed a petition in Circuit Court to enforce an alleged promise by Ho to make his Lanikai home basi