Linda was a star for 78 weeks in Japan in the late 1950's. Fluent in Japanese, she was the lead actress in a sit-com, "Blue Eyes Tokyo Diary", which chronicled the lives of an American couple trying to fit in. Japanese fans would mob her chanting "Linda-san"
During the U.S. occupation of Japan following Japan's surrender during WWII, Linda worked as a secretary in General Douglas MacArthur's headquarters. While in Japan, she met and married journalist Keyes Beech. (Keyes Beech later won the Pulitzer Prize in 1951 for his coverage of the Korean War.)
Linda owned and rented out her renowned Tree House, located on her property in Waipio Valley, near Honokaa, Hawaii.
Her elder son, William Keyes "Kimo" Beech, predeceased her in 1986. Her younger son, Barnaby Carden "Paki" Beech, survives.
After the end of the Korean War, she returned to Hawaii and earned a doctorate in psychology.
Linda married Keyes Beech on June 15, 1951, in Fairfield, Connecticut; they were married by Rev. Henry P. Judd of Honolulu, Hawaii. Linda and Keyes were divorced on January 11, 1969.
During the U.S. occupation of Japan following Japan's surrender during WWII, Linda worked as a secretary in General Douglas MacArthur's headquarters. While in Japan, she met and married journalist Keyes Beech. (Keyes Beech later won the Pulitzer Prize in 1951 for his coverage of the Korean War.)
Linda owned and rented out her renowned Tree House, located on her property in Waipio Valley, near Honokaa, Hawaii.
Her elder son, William Keyes "Kimo" Beech, predeceased her in 1986. Her younger son, Barnaby Carden "Paki" Beech, survives.
After the end of the Korean War, she returned to Hawaii and earned a doctorate in psychology.
Linda married Keyes Beech on June 15, 1951, in Fairfield, Connecticut; they were married by Rev. Henry P. Judd of Honolulu, Hawaii. Linda and Keyes were divorced on January 11, 1969.
Linda was a star for 78 weeks in Japan in the late 1950's. Fluent in Japanese, she was the lead actress in a sit-com, "Blue Eyes Tokyo Diary", which chronicled the lives of an American couple trying to fit in. Japanese fans would mob her chanting "Linda-san"
During the U.S. occupation of Japan following Japan's surrender during WWII, Linda worked as a secretary in General Douglas MacArthur's headquarters. While in Japan, she met and married journalist Keyes Beech. (Keyes Beech later won the Pulitzer Prize in 1951 for his coverage of the Korean War.)
Linda owned and rented out her renowned Tree House, located on her property in Waipio Valley, near Honokaa, Hawaii.
Her elder son, William Keyes "Kimo" Beech, predeceased her in 1986. Her younger son, Barnaby Carden "Paki" Beech, survives.
After the end of the Korean War, she returned to Hawaii and earned a doctorate in psychology.
Linda married Keyes Beech on June 15, 1951, in Fairfield, Connecticut; they were married by Rev. Henry P. Judd of Honolulu, Hawaii. Linda and Keyes were divorced on January 11, 1969.
During the U.S. occupation of Japan following Japan's surrender during WWII, Linda worked as a secretary in General Douglas MacArthur's headquarters. While in Japan, she met and married journalist Keyes Beech. (Keyes Beech later won the Pulitzer Prize in 1951 for his coverage of the Korean War.)
Linda owned and rented out her renowned Tree House, located on her property in Waipio Valley, near Honokaa, Hawaii.
Her elder son, William Keyes "Kimo" Beech, predeceased her in 1986. Her younger son, Barnaby Carden "Paki" Beech, survives.
After the end of the Korean War, she returned to Hawaii and earned a doctorate in psychology.
Linda married Keyes Beech on June 15, 1951, in Fairfield, Connecticut; they were married by Rev. Henry P. Judd of Honolulu, Hawaii. Linda and Keyes were divorced on January 11, 1969.
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