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In the days after Tamayo Perry's death in a shark attack, his wife and a longtime friend remembered the famed Hawaii surfer as a 'bright soul' who was 'larger than life.' Perry, a lifeguard who also appeared in some Hollywood movies, died Sunday after he was attacked by a shark while he was surfing on Oahu's North Shore during a break in his shift, friend and co-worker Jesse King said Wednesday.
'It just takes a certain person and a special skill, because there's not many people that can tackle the North Shore as a lifeguard. It's definitely for the, you know, the top, the best of the best,' Emilia Perry said. She said her husband took pride in what he did, 'no matter what it was.” Perry had acting credits in 'Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides' and 'Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle,' as well as on TV shows, including 'Lost.
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