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Personal life and death. Wakabayashi and his brother Herb moved to Japan in 1972. Wakabayashi later became a citizen of Japan, living in Tokyo in his later years. He died on July 9, 2023, aged 80, at a Tokyo hospital. Awards and honors
Aug 9, 2023 · It wasn’t just Mel Wakabayashi, who died at age 80, and whose obituary was featured in Wednesday’s Globe and Mail, but the entire Wakabayashi family of athletes. Two of Mel’s siblings, older bother Don, and younger brother Herb, like himself, played for the Chatham Junior Maroons Hockey team.
Jul 13, 2023 · Olympian, All-American, NCAA champion and Chatham Sports Hall of Fame inductee Mel Wakabayashi has died at age 80. The Chatham Jr. Maroons alumnus was a hockey and baseball star at the...
Mel Wakabayashi [Hitoshi "Mel" Wakabayashi was a teammate of Hall of Famer Fergie Jenkins and Ontario Intercounty player Paul Allen in the late 1950s in sandlot ball in Chatham, Ontario. Mel went on to become an All-American in hockey at the University of Michigan and a star in Japanese hockey.
Jul 23, 2023 · Mel Wakabayashi, a Chatham Sports Hall of Famer who played hockey for the Michigan Wolverines, passed away earlier this month at 80. He's being remembered for his contributions on the ice — and...
Aug 8, 2023 · Mr. Wakabayashi died of colorectal cancer in Tokyo on July 9. He leaves his wife, Suzuko Wakabayashi; a son, Chris Wakabayashi; a daughter, Lisa Murakami; and four grandchildren.
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Aug 13, 2023 · Hitoshi "Mel" Wakabayashi, an influential figure in the development of ice hockey in Japan, has died at the age of 80. Wakabayashi coached Japan's team at the Lake Placid 1980 Winter...
