Hawaii broadcast journalist Emme Tomimbang Burns dies at age 73
Longtime Hawaii television journalist Emme Tomimbang Burns died Monday while undergoing emergency surgery. She was 73.
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Emme Tomimbang at a 2015 event.Courtesy photo
Emme TomimbangCourtesy Lynne Waters
Emme Tomimbang and Lynne Waters.Courtesy Lynne Waters
Emme Tomimbang, second from left, Lynne Waters, left, and former president Barack Obama and Michelle Obama, right.Courtesy Lynne Waters
Emme Tomimbang, second from left, and Lynne Waters, middle. Also pictured are Larry Price, left, Rick Kwan, second from right, and Tim Tindall, right.Courtesy UH John A. Burns School of Medicine
Emme Tomimbang in an undated photo.Courtesy Lynne Waters
Undated photo of Emme Tomimbang, left, with Larry Mehau, middle, and Lynne Waters, right.