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Podcast: It's A Hawaii Thing
Episode: Ken Takemoto - Actor from "The Falcon & the Winter Soldier"
Description: Ken Takemoto is a native of Hawaii, born in Haleiwa on August 18, 1934. He spent his childhood in Kaka‘ako and his teenage and college years in Kapahulu. He went to Washington Jr. High and McKinley High School (Class of 1952). He graduated from the University of Hawaii in 1957 and went on to UCLA in Los Angeles to get teaching credentials in art. He started teaching in 1960 and retired in 1996 after 35 years with the Los Angeles Unified School District. Â
While still a teacher at the 32nd Street/USC Performing Arts Magnet School, he got his first act...