‘Hawaii Five-0’ actor Taylor Wily dead at 56
nypost.comKITV 4 Island News in Hawaii. Wily — whose real name was Teila Tuli — played Kamekona on the CBS drama for 171 episodes for 10 seasons between 2010 and 2020.
He reprised his role for seven episodes in “Magnum P.I.”“Hawaii Five-0” and “Magnum P.I.” executive producer Peter Lenkov shared a photo of himself on Instagram alongside Wily with the caption, “I am devastated.
Heartbroken. I’ll post some detailed feeling in a few days. Just too hard right now.” His cause of death has not been revealed.The actor’s sister Alyssa shared a video of her and their family paying tribute to the UFC fighter at a gathering on Thursday, per The Sun.“Mourning and celebrating our favorite brother and uncle the way he would want us to,” she captioned a clip via Facebook. “Family, Food, Music and Good Vibes.
Aurrrrrrighhhhh (in his voice).”The late star’s nephews and nieces also sang Bob Marley’s 1980 song “Three Little Birds (Don’t Worry About A Thing).” “Singing for their uncle tee,” Alyssa wrote.Wily also appeared in the 2008 romantic comedy “Forgetting Sarah Marshall,” which starred Jason Segel, Kristen Bell and Paul Rudd.
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