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He was born in Honolulu, Hawaii.
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Charlie Wedemeyer
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He was the subject of a Public Broadcasting Service documentary and a made-for-television movie. Wedemeyer was the last of nine children born to Bill and Ruth Wedemeyer. He was a high school athlete and was quarterback of the Punahou School football team
He was named Hawaii Preparatory Athlete of the 1960s.
After his graduation from Punahou in 1965 he attended Michigan State University where he played for coach Duffy Daugherty. Charlie graduated from Michigan State in 1969 and obtained a master"s degree from Central Michigan University.
In 1978, while he was the head football coach at Los Gatos High School, he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The disease took a toll on his body and, at his death, he could only move his eyes, eyebrows and lips.
Michael Nouri portrayed Charlie in the 1988 made-for-television movie Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story filmed at Stratford High School in Goose Creek, South Carolina.
Wedemeyer died on June 3, 2010, from pneumonia, a complication caused by a recent surgery. He was the younger brother of Herman Wedemeyer, the actor who played Duke on the Columbia Broadcasting System television series Hawaii Five-O.
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June 3, 2010 (aged 64)