{"id":143823,"date":"2025-06-17T06:22:32","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T13:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=143823"},"modified":"2025-06-17T06:22:32","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T13:22:32","slug":"lilo-and-stitch-actor-david-hekili-kenui-bell-passes-away-at-46","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/lilo-and-stitch-actor-david-hekili-kenui-bell-passes-away-at-46\/","title":{"rendered":"Lilo and Stitch actor David Hekili Kenui Bell passes away at 46"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>David Hekili Kenui Bell<\/strong>, the Hawaiian actor who recently appeared in Disney\u2019s live-action <strong>Lilo and Stitch<\/strong>, has passed away at 46. Bell died on June 12, and according to Hawai\u2018i police, there\u2019s no foul play suspected. An autopsy is underway to determine the cause. Meanwhile, his sister, <strong>Jalene Kanani Bell<\/strong>, confirmed the sad news on Facebook on June 15, just weeks after the movie\u2019s premiere. Bell\u2019s agent also expressed sorrow, calling him \u201ca gentle giant\u201d who radiated aloha in every way.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PopCrave\/status\/1934737860445569218\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2018Lilo &amp; Stitch\u2019 actor David Hekili Kenui Bell has passed away, his family confirms. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7oQX03MXx3\">pic.twitter.com\/7oQX03MXx3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pop Crave (@PopCrave) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PopCrave\/status\/1934737860445569218?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 16, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Jalene shared emotional memories of her brother, calling him \u201cthe joy of a human\u201d and \u201cPrince of a Man.\u201d They first met when she was 18, and their sibling bond only grew stronger with time. Bell made sure his family celebrated his Hollywood debut in style, getting the best seats in the house for Lilo and Stitch\u2019s opening night in<strong> Kapolei<\/strong>. After the movie, they had plans to reenact a scene with shave ice, but even though the shop was closed, they still honored him with sweet treats and heartfelt memories.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LiloStitchLA\/status\/1934710212025332059\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Im very sad to inform that Mr David Hekili Kenui Bell ( Snow Cone Guy) has passed away..<\/p>\n<p>We will miss you. \ud83d\udd4a\ufe0f\ud83d\udd4a\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3B2Jwj3yzD\">pic.twitter.com\/3B2Jwj3yzD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lilo &amp; Stitch News (@LiloStitchLA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LiloStitchLA\/status\/1934710212025332059?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">June 16, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Bell wasn\u2019t just an actor; he was also the voice heard welcoming passengers at Kona Airport and had roles in <strong>Hawaii Five-0, Magnum P.I., and Kona Brewing commercials<\/strong>. His love for storytelling, social media, and voice work made him unforgettable to those who knew him. Jalene ended her tribute with a touching reminder to hug his loved one: \u201cHe was and will remain a bright and shining star.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Hekili Kenui Bell, the Hawaiian actor who recently appeared in Disney\u2019s live-action Lilo and Stitch, has passed away at 46. Bell died on June 12, and according to Hawai\u2018i police, there\u2019s no foul play suspected. An autopsy is underway to determine the cause. Meanwhile, his sister, Jalene Kanani Bell, confirmed the sad news on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":143824,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264,1399],"tags":[],"tmauthors":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-143823","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-movies"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143823"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143823\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/143824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143823"},{"taxonomy":"tmauthors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tmauthors?post=143823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}