Here’s a brief story about Chris Behnke, a notable paparazzo:
I’m sure most of you have read this story of the photographer who took a photo of Obama shirtless in Hawaii. There was all this talk of how close photographer Chris Behnke was able to get to take the photo — approximately 200 yards (I can only wonder if the secret service detail has been fired). I can only imagine how much money Behnke scored for the shot. But there’s another interesting twist that isn’t reported.
Chris Behnke is a Punahou graduate, class of 1994. As you may recall, Obama is also a graduate of Punahou, albeit it much earlier. Coincidence? Of course not, but it shows at least a Hawaii connection — however minimal — between Behnke and Obama.
Chris Behnke graduated from Punahou High School in 1994. He then graduated from Loyola Maramount in 1998, with a degree in film production. He currently lives in Los Angeles, California. His father is notable stock broker Richard Behnke, who runs Abel-Behnke Corporation, in Hawaii.
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Richard Behnke died in 2002.
Another coincidence, Chris’s cousin, Bill Behnke, who lived in a beach house in Kailua, went to Punahou with Obama (Class of ‘79) for 7th and 8th grade.
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Eclectic stuff, over here, and it makes me very happy. Am very glad to see someone writing about thought-provoking world issues. Me–I write about muffins and stuff:) Thanks for a glimpse at the world through different eyes; I’ll be back.
PS Hawaii seems to be like any small town in America. Everyone knows everyone, and at most, there are 3 degrees of separation.
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