Hawaii Five-0 actor and UFC fighter Taylor Wily dies at 56 as family honors late star
HAWAII Five-0 and Forgetting Sarah Marshall actor Taylor Wily has died at 56.
The UFC fighter - who played Kamekona Tupuola on Hawaii Five-O - passed away on Thursday.
Taylor's sister Alyssa shared a video of her and their family paying tribute to the Hawaiian actor at a gathering on Thursday.
She captured the family sitting outside playing ball games and board games, while others ate and cooked inside.
"Mourning and celebrating our favorite brother and uncle the way he would want us to," she captioned the clip on Facebook.
"Family, Food, Music and Good Vibes. Aurrrrrrighhhhh (in his voice)."
Alyssa also shared a clip of Taylor's nephews and nieces singing Bob Marley's song Three Little Birds (Don't Worry About A Thing) in honor of the actor.
"Singing for their uncle tee," she wrote alongside the post.
Alyssa changed her Facebook profile picture to an image of Taylor smiling and captioned it with a brown emoji.
Taylor's cause of death has not been revealed.
The actor, born on June 14, 1968, in Laie, Hawaii, got his first acting gig in 2004 when he starred in the TV show North Shore.
He shot to fame playing Kamekona on all 10 seasons of Hawaii Five-0.
His character was an informant for the police and operated several businesses, including a shrimp food truck, helicopter tours company, and Wailoa Shaved Ice.
The CBS police drama aired in 2010 and ended in 2020.
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