When are the funeral services for hiroaki aoki, and will they be televised?
DEATHS | ROCKY AOKI, 69 From adventurer to Benihana mastermind Rocky Aoki — world record-breaker, former Olympic wrestler and founder of the Benihana chain of restaurants — died with his family at his side. Rocky Aoki, who brought Japanese food into the mainstream with his Miami-based chain of Benihana restaurants and colorful antics, has died. He was 69. Aoki died peacefully Thursday night in New York City, after suffering from pneumonia, which was a complication from cancer, said Nancy Bauer, a family spokeswoman. His health had been an issue for years as Aoki suffered from diabetes, cirrhosis of the liver and hepatitis C, which he said he contracted from a blood transfusion. Despite litigation between Aoki and his children over the past two years, all six of them were at his bedside when he died, along with his third wife Keiko Ono Aoki. ”They all made peace with him at this bedside,” Bauer said. The feud between Aoki and the majority of his children focused on control of Beniha
