text: Hawaii entertainer Don Ho dies at 76
  
  April 16, 2007 
  
  Don Ho, arguably one of Hawaii's best-known entertainers who entertained generations of tourists in Waikiki, died Saturday of heart failure. He was 76. 
  Ho was pronounced dead at 11:59 a.m. Saturday at Queen's Medical Center in Honolulu after collapsing at his Waikiki residence. 
  In 2005, Ho was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy and underwent experimental stem cell treatment that November in Thailand in an attempt to repair his damaged heart muscle. He resumed a reduced workload in January 2006 and continued his performances at the Ohana Waikiki Beachcomber hotel until his death; his last performance was Thursday.
tokens: Hawaii entertainer Don Ho dies at 76 April 16 , 2007 Don Ho , arguably one of Hawaii 's best - known entertainers who entertained generations of tourists in Waikiki , died Saturday of heart failure . He was 76 . Ho was pronounced dead at 11:59 a.m. Saturday at Queen 's Medical Center in Honolulu after collapsing at his Waikiki residence . In 2005 , Ho was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy and underwent experimental stem cell treatment that November in Thailand in an attempt to repair his damaged heart muscle . He resumed a reduced workload in January 2006 and continued his performances at the Ohana Waikiki Beachcomber hotel until his death ; his last performance was Thursday .
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