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JAMES SHIGETA, ace Asian-American actor of the 1960s has joined his ancestors at age 81.
Shigeta who toplined in the film musical of Rodgers & Hammerstein musical Flower Drum Song, died Monday in Los Angeles 81.
The Hawaiian eyeful who later appeared as the chief executive of the Nakatomi corporation in the Bruce Willis actioner Die Hard (1988), had a great run in Hollywood starting in the late 1950s. The Hollywood Reporter stated.
Born in Honolulu, Hawaii on June 17, 1933, Shigeta moved to New York and studied at New York University. He then joined the U.S. Marine Corps and fought during the Korean War.
He later relocated to Japan, his ancestral home, and became a star on radio and television.