Sen. Galea’i M. Tu’uufuli passes away

This January 2016 Samoa News photo shows Sen. Galea’i M. Tu’uufuli in his Senate seat inside the Senate chamber. Galea’i passed away yesterday in California. “Our father passed away peacefully around 11:11a.m. yesterday (California time) at the hospital,” one of his sons, Maverick Galea’i told Samoa News yesterday afternoon during a brief phone interview from the family’s home in Hayward. He said his father died of natural causes. [photo: AF]