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| Bob Y. Takagi |
Robert Yasuo Takagi (Poston 329-6-B) , was born on June 8, 1928 to Kogoro and Harue Takagi in San Diego, California. He was the fourth of five children.
Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the family was forcibly evacuated to the Santa Anita Assembly Center. After a few months, they were transported by train to the Arizona desert to their living quarters and arrived at the Poston internment camp block 329-6-B on August 27, 1942. His older brother, Norio Takagi found employment in Chicago, and left his family at Poston on August 4, 1943. Bob found employment in Chicago, and left Poston on June 27, 1944 and he was followed by the rest of his family leaving Poston on August 29, 1944 and resettling in Chicago.
Bob later joined the U.S. Army. While stationed in Italy, he was became friends with Ernest Hemingway. After being honorably discharged from military service, Bob studied music and art. He had the rare privilege of singing in a choir with the Chicago Philharmonic under the direction of Leonard Bernstein, in an epic performance of Mahler’s “Symphony No. 2.”
In 1955, Bob Takagi married dancer and choreographer, Valentina Oumansky. They spent the early years of their marriage attending theatre and dance premieres. He established the Valentina Oumansky Dramatic Dance Foundation, of which she is the artistic director and he was President emeritus. He co-founded Dance Alliance with Bella Lewitzky.
Takagi worked years with editing news and film. He was a music editor in the motion picture industry for 40 years, with a list of credits that includes such films as The Reivers, Endless Love, Butterfly, The Challenge and The Lightship; popular TV series like the original Hawaii Five-O, Gunsmoke and The Twilight Zone; and scores of TV movies.
He played in the annual Warner Bros. Golf Tournaments in Solvang, California. He wrote and self-published five volumes of Haiku. Robert (Bob) Yasuo Takagi, died on November 9, 2010 in Sherman Oaks, California.
He is survived by his wife, Valentina Oumansky-Takagi; daughter Tarumi Alina Takagi-Inouye (Karl); sisters, Fudo Takagi, and Taeko Takagi; and brothers, Norio (Maria) Takagi and Hideo (Kathy) Takagi.
Source: https://www.editorsguild.com/Magazine.cfm?ArticleID=944
