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The flight attendant who died of a heart attack on a New York-bound plane was identified Friday as Emile Griffith, a 30-year Hawaiian Airlines veteran, officials said. Griffith collapsed on Hawaiian Airlines Flight 50 from Honolulu to Kennedy Airport on Thursday night, prompting an emergency landing in San Francisco, the company said in a statement.

Did you ever wonder how they did the music for The Good, the Bad & the Ugly? It is so cool to see how it was made after all these years. Some of you may not be old enough to remember this classic from the '60s'. Here it is anyway. This is fantastic. Turn it up nice and loud and enjoy. For those still caught in the '60s groove -- this is the answer to how that magnificent signature tune came about...Superb....wait till the guy whistles!

Ukulele player Bill Tapia, believed to be the oldest performing musician in the world, died on Friday at the age of 103, his official website said.

What is it?... Who uses it?... The instrument's inherent comic potential means that it's still par for the course in musical comedy, too. Some of which, like the the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain, is mildly amusing, but most of it, frankly, is not... How does it work? Ukuleles come in four flavours: soprano, concert, tenor and baritone. The most common tuning is C – so the strings are tuned G, C, E, A – although the slack-key open tunings particular to Hawaiian music are sometimes also used... Where does it come from?... Why is it classic?... What is the...

A really cute little video to brighten your day. And I think the kid really has talent for such a young age. Some of his expressions are priceless! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Urtt-PjGjBU

Heart strings A gift of 100 ukuleles brings a touch of aloha spirit to 29th Brigade Combat Team members in Iraq By Gregg K. Kakesakogkakesako@starbulletin.com One hundred ukuleles are strumming up smiles from Southern California to Iraq, where soldiers of Hawaii's 29th Brigade Combat Team are sharing their love of the instrument. It started out as a simple idea of Anita Coyoli-Cullen, blossomed under Shirley Orlando, and then the aloha spirit just exploded. "I wanted to send ukuleles to the troops in Iraq," Coyoli-Cullen of Huntington Beach, Calif., said in a phone interview, "and a bit of aloha because I...