Bud officially retired in 1983. but continued to write his "F-lawan'' World" column ts ice weekl. Abstracts of his life story have appeared in both Honolulu's daily ness spapers. Editorial cartoonists Corkv Trinidad of the Star-Bulletin and Dick Adairof the Advertiser have captured the feeling of his newspaper colleagues And he touched a lot of people in Hawaii. with his early support of Hawaii Statehood: promotion of the Kaiser Permanente l-lealth System: the Star-Bulletin stand on women s rights: formation of the East-West Center: fostering the Hospice movement in Fla au: relief flircancer patients and others with pain: advice tothe terminall ill patients and their physicians: and finally in his stand on Doctor-Assisted Death s ith Dignity It would be a fitting tribute to the way Bud Smvser led his life. andtohispassing. ifHawaii'slawmakerstake a serious look at the s ork of the Blue Ribbon Commit tee on Living and D with Dignity, on s hich Smyser served. Bud died. as he lived, with dignity. A massive brain hemorrhage. caused by afall athome in his garden. meant that there was no chance of saving his life. After emergency treatment at Queen's Medical 1 Eddohal on A.
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