George Ariyoshi, first Asian American US governor, dies at 100

He led Hawaii for 13 years, guiding the state through economic crisis while becoming the first Asian American to hold a U.S. governorship.

George Ariyoshi interview Photo via PBS Hawaiʻi (YouTube)

George Ariyoshi, the trailblazing statesman who shattered racial glass ceilings as the first Asian American governor in U.S. history, died peacefully on April 19 at the age of 100. Surrounded by family in his Honolulu home just weeks after his centennial birthday, the son of Japanese immigrants le…