Kalani O’Sullivan – Rest In Peace

For those that haven’t heard already Kalani O’Sullivan has unfortunately passed away on February 18, 2010 due to complications with pneumonia.

I have been waiting for some time to pass before posting about this, but felt a month after his death was an appropriate time to remember Kalani.  Many ROK Drop readers may remember Kalani as a guest contributor on this site that provided great historical postings about Kunsan and Osan Air Force Bases.  Kalani also maintained his fantastic site Kanaka in Korea that is filled with great Korea related information.  Much of the information Kalani used for his postings was gathered from talking to both US veterans and Korean business owners over the years.  The insights from his interviews along with Kalani’s own personal knowledge from living for many years in Korea always made for interesting reading.  Fortunately his daughter plans on keeping the webpage up in memory of her father, which I was glad to hear.

I first met up with Kalani a year and half ago and took a walking tour with him of Songtan.  His knowledge of all the changes in Songtan over the years was truly impressive and really caused me to look at Songtan in a different way.  I also found him to be a very kind man that loved his wife and daughter very much.  Kalani will surely be missed by all who knew him and I wish his family well as they go through this difficult time.  Rest in Peace Kalani.