Nariyoshi Miyagi's tombstone gives June 9th, 1925 as his date of birth and November 15, 2011 as the day he died. Pat Morita, the actor who played Mr. Miyagi, really was born in June and died in November, however the actual days and years are different. Morita was born on June 28th, 1932 and passed away on November 24, 2005, at age 73.