http://www.platinum-celebs.com/actresses/miyoshi-umeki/ Celebrity News en-us http://www.platinum-celebs.com/newimg/crown_sec.gif http://www.platinum-celebs.com http://www.platinum-celebs.com/news/2007/Sep/07/miyoshi-umeki-first-asian-to-win-an-oscar-dies-afp/ Fri, 07 Sep 2007 03:53:40 <img src="/messageboard/xmlnews/324-346.jpg" width="96" border="1" align="left" class="picpadding" />rd.yahoo.com - AFP - Miyoshi Umeki, the first Asian to win an Academy Award for her role in the 1957 romantic drama Sayonora, has died of cancer, her son said Thursday. She was 78.