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Aku built loyal following over 36 years on isle radio

By Bob Sigall

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Aug 10, 2012

~~<p>Hal Lewis, better known as J. Akuhead Pupule, was the top deejay in the islands from 1947 until his death 29 years ago on July 21, 1983.</p>
<p>Aku was one of the highest paid deejays in the nation at the time, earning an estimated $500,000 a year. He was born April 14, 1917, as Herschel Laib Hohenstein.</p>
~~

Hal Lewis, better known as J. Akuhead Pupule, was the top deejay in the islands from 1947 until his death 29 years ago on July 21, 1983.

Aku was one of the highest paid deejays in the nation at the time, earning an estimated $500,000 a year. He was born April 14, 1917, as Herschel Laib Hohenstein. Login for more...



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