George Ariyoshi, nation’s first governor of Asian American descent, dies at age 100

Hawaii’s longest-­serving governor and the first Asian American to serve as governor of any U.S. state, George Ariyoshi, died Sunday night at the age of 100, leaving a “quiet and effective” legacy grounded in shaping the state’s future.

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