A rising actor has tragically died while his most recent movie, the live-action remake of Lilo & Stitch, is still in theaters. David Hekili Kenui Bell, a member of SAG-AFTRA who also appeared in episodes of Hawaii Five-0 and Magnum PI, joined "the company of our Heavenly Father," his sister wrote in a Facebook post on Sunday, without revealing a cause of death for the 46-year-old. Hawaii police said Bell died Thursday and that "no foul play is suspected," per People. A native Hawaiian, Bell had recently wrapped filming on The Wrecking Crew, the Amazon MGM Studios action-comedy about a murder in Hawaii, starring Dave Bautista and Jason Momoa, which is now in post-production, per Deadline.
"David loved being an actor, doing voiceovers," his sister wrote, noting "you can hear him over the PA system on arrival at Kona Airport," where he worked as an assistant airport superintendent. "The film industry and entertainment was so exciting to him," she continued, adding that his Indigenous knowledge and understanding of English and Hawaiian pidgin "made him a diamond in the rough." In Lilo & Stitch, Bell played "a stand-in of sorts to the white tourist character who drops his mint chocolate chip ice cream repeatedly" in the original 2002 animated film, per Deadline. "He was one of my best talent & embodied the true meaning of aloha ... a gentle giant," his agent, Lashauna Downie, tells People. (More obituary stories.)
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