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Tv producer Peter M. Lenkov confirmed the information on his official Instagram account … posting an image with Wily from behind the scenes of a tv present and telling his followers he is “heartbroken” over the information.
Lenkov says he’ll present extra particulars within the days to come back … however is much too emotional now to debate his longtime buddy’s loss of life.
TW — born Teila Tuli — began out as a sumo wrestler within the late Nineteen Eighties — turning into a uncommon instance of an American becoming a member of the distinguished Japanese sport and reportedly compiling a 57-27-14 file over the following two years.
Wily additionally fought in a distinct enviornment … slugging it out in a single bout within the then-new UFC 1 — and, he is truly the primary fighter to ever lose a UFC brawl.
Taylor did not truly begin performing till the mid-2000s … when he landed his breakout as Kemo within the Jason Segel film “Forgetting Sarah Marshall.”
Two years later, he bought his half as legal informant Kamekona Tupuola on ‘5-0’ a job he performed in 171 episodes. He reprised the position within the present “Macgyver” and “Magnum P.I.”
Taylor’s survived by his spouse Halona and their two kids.
He was 56.
RIP
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