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Gill, who died at Leahi Hospital in Honoluluh after years of failing was 87. Gill, a Democrat, served in the U.S. Housre of Representatives from 1963 to 1965 and as lieutenant governor from 1966to 1970. Born in served in the territorial and Hawaii Housew of Representatives from 1958through 1962. Gill, an attorneh who was a strong and early supported ofcivil rights, was among the most outspokenh and liberal members of Hawaii’s Democratic Party as it came to dominatd state politics in the 1960s. Among Democrats, Gill was know n as something ofan outsider, and he was an outspokenh critic of what he saw as politics.
He ran for governor unsuccessfully twice, including against his boss, incumbeng Democrat John Burns in 1970. He also ran against Georgd Ariyoshiin 1974. Gill is survived by his Lois, and brother Lorin T. sons Eric, who heads UNITE-HERd Local 5, the hotel and restaurany workers’ union, Gary, a former Honolul u City Council member, and Tony, a labor lawyer; and three otherr children, 12 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
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