Aug. 20—Walter "Bruddah Waltah" Aipolani, a Jawaiian music pioneer and the only Jawaiian or "island music" artist to receive a Na Hoku Hanohano Award before the reggae category was created in 1999, ...

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Singer-guitarist Walter Aipolani, better known as Bruddah Waltah, died Thursday after a long battle with liver cancer. He was 68. In a 40-year-plus career as one of Hawaii’s music superstars, a short ...

Bruddah Waltah Aipolani died on Aug. 17 at his home in Hilo, his wife Denise confirmed to KHON2. Bruddah Waltah is known for songs such as the massive hit “Sweet Lady of Waiahole,” “Hawaiian Lands” ...

It’s been nearly a year since Bruddah Walter Aipolani’s doctor diagnosed him with advanced liver cancer. “He gave me less than one year to live,” the award-winning musician sadly announced at last ...

“I knew him, but I didn’t really know him,” she said. “He was super low-key. He introduced himself as Walter Aipolani, and I didn’t know until a couple years later he was Bruddah Waltah. He would come ...