over and called 911. Paramedics took him to the Queen's Medical Center, where he later died. The medical examiner reported the cause of death as an aortic aneurysm. A senior adviser to Bainum said that there were no other warning signs other than chest pain, that Bainum "was feeling well at work" and "having fun chasing the kids around in the evening". Bainum's unexpected death was the second to hit the City Council in six months (Barbara Marshall died in February). Resources Duke Bainum for Mayor of Honolulu 2004 References 1952 births 2009 deaths Democratic Party members of the Hawaii House of Representatives University of Maryland, Baltimore alumni People from Takoma Park, Maryland Deaths from aortic aneurysm Honolulu City Council members 20th-century American politicians