Late in his, life he became a Christian. Musician. Failed to remove flower. × All photos uploaded successfully, click on the Done button to see the photos in the gallery. Select a place on the map to place the pin. A system error has occurred. Your new password must contain one or more uppercase and lowercase letters, and one or more numbers or special characters. Israel KamakawiwoʻOle Death / Age– It is with so much sadness that we celebrate with Google the death of 38 years old Hawaiian singer, lyricist and musician with a mass weight of 757 pounds (343 kg; 54 st 1 lb), Israel KamakawiwoʻOle who tragically passed away. He began playing music with older brother and cousin at the age of eleven and continued after both his partners went their separate ways. Becoming a Find a Grave member is fast, easy and FREE. Family members linked to this person will appear here. The amazing recording was done in one single live take in the wee hours of the morning. “Facing Future” was followed with the release of another five remarkable recordings: “E Ala E” in 1995, “N Dis Life” in 1996,”IZ in Concert: The Man and His Music” in 1998, “Alone in IZ World” in 2001 and “Wonderful World” in 2007. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. Trivia. We have a volunteer within fifty miles of your requested photo location. Close this window, and upload the photo(s) again. GREAT NEWS! Sorry! We were unable to submit your feedback at this time. If you notice a problem with the translation, please send a message to feedback@findagrave.com and include a link to the page and details about the problem. Quickly see who the memorial is for and when they lived and died and where they are buried. Flowers added to the memorial appear on the bottom of the memorial or here on the Flowers tab. Are you sure that you want to delete this memorial? Oops, we were unable to send the email. Try again later. For Edits select Suggest Edits on the memorial page. In 1976 he helped form the Makaha Sons of Ni'ihau, and they toured throughout the United States. If you have questions, please contact support@findagrave.com. Try again. Israel Kamakawiwo ole was born on Wednesday and have been alive for 13,917 days , Israel Kamakawiwo ole next B'Day will be after 10 Months, 24 Days , See detailed result below. He began playing music with older brother and cousin at the age of eleven and continued after both his partners went their separate ways. All Hawaii mourned, and more than 10,000 people turned out for a state funeral in honor of Israel Ka'anoi "Brudda Iz" Kamakawiwo'ole. Please enter your email address and we will send you an email with a reset password code.