Taylor Wily, ‘Hawaii Five-0’ and ‘Forgetting Sarah Marshall’ Actor, Dies at 56
His early days were spent as an experienced sumo wrestler.
By Emmett Lindner
Jun 22, 2024 04:58 AM
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Paul Almond, a legal representative of Wily, has. Wily, confirmed his death. The location and the cause of death weren’t immediately available.
Mr. Wily was the main character of Kamekona over 170 of the episodes “Hawaii Five-0,” a remake, running from 2010 to 2020, of the crime drama in the 1970s that chronicled the adventures that state officers faced in Hawaii. The character was a popular with fans becoming the show’s entrepreneur of the moment operating a business that sells shaved-ice as well as a helicopter tour company along with his shrimp business.
“‘Hawaii Five-0’ could become ‘Kamekona Five-0,'” Masi Oka who was Doctor. Max Bergman on the subsequent series, stated in an 2012 interview with CBS.
The show was based on a fictional police department which was known to regularly want shrimp. Mr. Wily’s character had an amiable and humorous character that was loved by viewers as well as people living in Hawaii.
Peter Lenkov, a producer of the show, revealed in his social network that he was attracted to the character of Mr. Wily from his first audition, and was impressed enough to create his character as an ongoing one.
