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'Karate Kid' role brought fame
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Actor Pat Morita, who offered the famous advice "wax on, wax off" to a young karate student in his performance as the wise Mr. Miyagi in "The Karate Kid," has died. He was 73.
There were conflicting reports about the cause of death. His daughter Aly Morita said he died Thursday of heart failure at a Las Vegas hospital; longtime manager Arnold Soloway said the actor died of kidney failure at a hospital while awaiting a transplant.
His wife of 12 years, Evelyn, said in a statement that her husband, who first rose to fame with a role on "Happy Days," had "dedicated his entire life…
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'Karate Kid' role brought fame
...wax off" to a young karate student in his performance...wise Mr. Miyagi in "The Karate Kid," has died. He was...husband, who first rose to fame with a role on "Happy Days," had...Daniel-san," he taught karate while trying to catch... |
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'Karate Kid' role brought fame, burden of interviews
...age 73, as Mr. Miyagi from the "Karate Kid" films or as drive-in owner Arnold...Morita came to town to talk about "Karate Kid III." It wasn't a bad interview. Morita said he didn't know karate. The best quote I got from him was... |
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Hollow, is there anyone in?
...film stardom. Her role in Leaving Las...of Star Wars fame)," she says...in 1984's The Karate Kid and spent another...films until her role in Leaving Las...Basic Instinct fame, directs Kevin...edge because I was brought up with a good... |
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The film star and the Scots goalkeeper...
...go on to brief fame on Melrose Place...be ideal for the role of the prostitute...away her biggest role to date and, for...when she almost brought the whole film...s second big role as a scientist...college it was for Karate Kid, my big break... |
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The star who saved me
...which he would use his fame to assist those less...something back. He brought out in me a strength...Babysitting and The Karate Kid. During his early...the Melrose Place role catapulted him to...international stardom. The fame and prominence that... |
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Kids eat up local retelling of classic tale
...will find employment, fame and an abundance of "strawpia...also won applause when he brought out two large cardboard...stand with a defensive "Karate Kid"-style move. Elizabeth...fit well in her first HTY role as a sassy, princess... |
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RIFE HEADED FOR HALL OF FAME
...playing the bully role with him now...always the small kid that was bullied...Martial Arts Hall of Fame next Saturday...What they brought back from there...percent of the karate schools that teach...three different karate classes nine years...now the Hall of Fame honor is the ... |
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