| Pat Noriyuki Morita, the character actor
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| | California internment camp which detained
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| who made famous the character of Mr.
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| | thousands of Japanese Americans during
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| Miyagi in the "Karate Kid" movies, has
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| | World War II as a "security measure". In
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| died at his home in Las Vegas at the age
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| | the movie, it is revealed that Miyagi had
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| of 73.With over a hundred film credits
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| | received the news of their deaths while
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| and over 60 TV credits to his name,
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| | he was serving with distinction in the
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| Morita appeared in episodes of "M*A*S*H"
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| | U.S. Army in Europe, service for which he
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| and "Magnum PI" before capturing the
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| | had received the Bronze Star. The scene
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| popular imagination as Arnold on the
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| | touches indirectly on Morita's own
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| long-running "Happy Days" series. Morita
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| | experiences; he was nine years old when
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| left the show in 1976 to star in a
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| | World War II began, and he and his
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| short-lived series of his own, "Mr. T and
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| | parents spent much of the war in an
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| Tina." He won the breakout role of the
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| | internment camp in Arizona.Morita
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| humble, wise, and kindhearted Miyagi
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| | co-wrote and starred in the 1987 film
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| opposite Ralph Macchio as teenaged Daniel
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| | "Captive Hearts," a little-known film
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| in the first "Karate Kid" movie in 1984,
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| | about a Japanese town which first
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| and reprised the role in "The Karate Kid"
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| | captures and then protects two downed
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| Parts II and III, also starring Macchio,
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| | American airmen during the last days of
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| in 1986 and 1989. In 1994 he recreated
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| | World War II. The quiet film exhibits a
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| the Miyagi character for "The Next Karate
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| | gentleness which suggests that the
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| Kid" opposite an up-and-coming young
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| | equally gentle nature of Miyagi was a
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| actress, Hilary Swank, as Julie. The 1984
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| | reflection of Morita himself rather than
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| movie earned him an Oscar nomination.The
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| | a creative choice by the authors or
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| immensely popular "Karate Kid" movies in
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| | directors of the "Karate Kid"
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| some ways were overblown and simplistic;
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| | series.Actors and other celebrities come
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| the bullied victims, first Daniel and
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| | and go in the attentions of the American
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| then Julie, were viciously bullied and
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| | public, and many have a flash of fame and
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| victimized; the villains were
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| | then are forgotten. But others remain in
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| unremittingly evil and violent. But the
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| | our hearts and minds, and come to be seen
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| Miyagi character was pure gold. At once a
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| | almost as kin. With the passing of Pat
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| loving parent figure and strict
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| | Morita, it seems as if we've lost a much
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| disciplinarian, he lived and taught a
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| | beloved member of our American
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| peaceful wisdom which helped both of his
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| | family.Aldene Fredenburg is a freelance
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| young students to a deeper understanding
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| | writer living in southwestern New
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| of themselves and a kind of self-control
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| | Hampshire and frequently contributes to
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| more important than any physical
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| | Tips and Topics. She has published
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| self-defense lessons.Most of the humor in
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| | numerous articles in local and regional
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| the films surrounded the character of
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| | publications on a wide range of topics,
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| Miyagi, who also exhibited the most
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| | including business, education, the arts,
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| complexity of any character in the
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| | and local events. Her feature articles
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| series. He was at once wise and flawed;
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| | include an interview with independent
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| in one scene, he drank himself to sleep
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| | documentary filmmaker Ken Burns and a
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| in an attempt to deal with the loss,
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| | feature on prisoners at the New Hampshire
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| years earlier, of his wife and newborn
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| | State Prison in Concord.
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| child. They had died in Manzanar, a
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