Sad News: Iconic Actor Tamayo Perry Dies in Tragic Shark Attack

The surfer’s body seemed to have been bitten more than once, a caller informed dispatch.

Lifeguards hauled his body onshore on a Jet Ski, and EMS paramedics declared him dead there, according to officials. Perry was the surfer, according to confirmation from Ocean Safety.

Acting Chief Kurt Lager of Honolulu Ocean Safety stated at a press conference, “Tamayo Perry was a lifeguard loved by all.”

Perry was well-known not only as a lifeguard and surfer but also for his roles in the films Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle, Blue Crush, and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. He also starred in the television series Hawaii: Five-O and Lost.

Emilia Perry, a fellow surfer, said of her husband, “Tragic though his passing may be, he left this world doing what he loved, where he loved to do it.”