Kalaupapa community leader 'Boogie' Kahilihiwa dies at 79

Clarence "Boogie" Kahilihiwa was one of the more than 8,000 people diagnosed with Hansen's Disease since 1866 in Kalaupapa, the most isolated peninsula in the Hawaiian Islands.

[@waynelkduarte45]

So Sorry for his families loss wishing him well on his Spiritual journey

[@pamelyncaldwell4060]

God bless him and his family and his works! Love and blessings,😇🙏🌺

[@onekewlbraddah8460]

I got to meet him while I stayed and at Kalaupapa for 1 week in 2018.

[@evalina98000]

Mahalo Iesu fo Uncle Boogie 💖🌺🙌🏽

[@bdumlao817]

Blessings RIP

[@sistersuetube]

Our Saint Kateri Tekakwitha (Mohawk) was canonized the same day as Father Damien! RIP Boogie...

[@yashodhanramteke]

Got to know him about on travel channel