Taylor Wily, the sumo wrestler-turned-Hawaii Five-0 actor, died Thursday, June 20, according to local Hawaii TV outlet KITV.
He was 56. Although specifics regarding the death – where, and a cause – were not immediately known, his passing was confirmed by Peter M.
Lenkov, executive producer of the Hawaii Five-0 2010-2020 reboot. Initially posting an Instagram message saying simply, “I am devastated.
Heartbroken. I’ll post some detailed feelings later. Just too hard right now,” Lenkov followed up with a lengthier post, addressing Wily directly: “T, as I told you many times, I fell in love with you at the first audition.
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