Taylor Wily, who starred in the remake of “Hawaii Five-O” and “Forgetting Sarah Marshall,” died on Thursday. He was 56 years old.
Wily’s death was confirmed on Hawaii’s KITV 4 Island News by musician Lina Girl Langi, one of his close friends.
“It is with a heavy heart that I share the news of the passing of a Hawaii celebrity who was also a family friend,” Langi said. “Taylor Wily, former wrestler, MMA fighter and actor passed away today in Hurricane, Utah.”
“He would look physically menacing until you just folded right into a hug, and that was it,” she added. “My heart is breaking.”
Michael J. Henderson, Wily’s manager, told Entertainment Weekly that he died from natural causes and no further details would be available at this time.
Wily, born Teila Tuli, was born in Hawaii in 1968 and started his career in the Japanese sport of sumo wrestling in the 1980s…
