Pat Morita dies at 73

A sad day indeed. I read about this a few days ago. Tough to believe he's gone. "Ahh-ahh-ahh, Daniel-san, wax on, wax off!" :disbelief
 
Pat was fantastic on Happy Days... truly an inspiring comedian!

Him as Mr. Miyagi was the balancing part of an obnoxious "daniel" character, and truly made the movies! You laughed with him, you cried with him...

In real life, he was interned in a war camp as a Japanese American citizen... man, and he never had a real bad word to say to his country he called "home".

What a class act! Truly a one of a kind!

Rest in peace, Pat. You've earned it!