Taro Akebono, a Hawaii-born sumo wrestler who became the sport’s first foreign grand champion and helped to fuel a resurgence in the sport’s popularity in the 1990s, has died in Tokyo. He was 54. He died of heart failure in early April while receiving care at a Tokyo hospital, according to a statement from his […]
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Akebono, Foreign-Born Sumo Champion in Japan, Dies at 54
Taro Akebono, a Hawaii-born sumo wrestler who became the sport’s first foreign grand champion, has died. He was 54. He died of heart failure in early April while receiving care at a hospital in Tokyo, the United States Forces in Japan said in a statement on Thursday. Born Chad George Ha’aheo Rowan in Hawaii, Akebono […]
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