The Hawaii
Five-0
family
has
lost
one
of
its
own.
Actor
Taylor
Wily,
who
starred
as Kamekona
on
the
former
CBS
series,
passed
away
at
the
age
of
56, his
friend
and
longtime
manager Michael
J.
Henderson told
E!
News.
According
to
Henderson,
Wily, a former
sumo
wrestler
and
MMA
fighter, died
of
natural
causes.
Hawaii
Five-0
creator
Peter
M.
Lenkov also
confirmed Wily’s
death
on Instagram
June
20.
“I
am
devastated,”
Lenkov
captioned
a
photo
with
Wily. “Heartbroken.
I’ll
post
some
detailed
feelings
later.
Just
too
hard
right
now.”
In
a
follow
up
Instagram
post,
the
producer
recalled
meeting
Wily,
who
appeared
on
all
10
seasons
of
the
series,
before
production
on
the
show
began
in
2010.
“T,
as
I
told
you
many
times,
I
fell
in
love
with
you
at
the
first
audition,”
he
wrote. “You
came
in
with
a
towel
on
your
head
mopping
up
sweat,
and
I
was
smitten.
You
charmed
me
into
making
you
a
regular…
on
the
show…
and
in
my
life.
You
were
family.
And
I
will
miss
you
every
day,
brother.”
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