Marc Paskin is an American

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from

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. Formerly in the real estate industry, Paskin later became known for partaking in various forms of charitable activities.

Personal life

Paskin is originally from La Jolla, San Diego, CA, but he currently resides in Kailua, Oahu, Hawaii. Previously he was married to his wife, Marsha, for 28 years. She died in 2002 from diabetes complications. He has two adult children.

Media appearances

Paskin appeared on an episode of the reality series ''

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'', where he traveled to

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to provide money to those in need. Paskin has also performed charitable activities in

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under the alias "Uncle Kokua"—primarily in a self-titled reality series airing on local station KFVE-TV. In December 2012, Paskin gained prominence after put up a billboard in

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soliciting for a "Latina girlfriend" for Christmas. He claimed he received around 15,000 emails in response to the billboard. In 2015, Paskin entered the broadcasting industry by acquiring

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radio station KDCO and FM translator K231BQ, and converting it to a

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-themed

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station known as KBUD. By November, the station and translator had been sold to Marconi Wireless (who relaunched the translator as a new station in April 2016) and

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(who converted the translator to a feed of

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) respectively.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Paskin, Marc 1949 births Living people 21st-century American philanthropists American businesspeople in real estate Participants in American reality television series People from La Jolla, San Diego