Monday, February 1, 2010

Pauly Fuemana, RIP

Beccy is here from New Zealand and brought Keith the New Zealand Herald, and what should be on the front page but the death of Pauly Fuemana.

For those of you who don't know this inspirational New Zealander, here he is:



Devastating, huh!  What a loss to the Pacific. He'd just made a come-back too, after many years of your stereotypical drug abuse and wasting the millions he'd made from this world-wide smash hit. Yes, he finally realised he was an icon to Auckland's Polynesian slum kids, so got cleaned up and began making music again. And now this.  Can't find out how he died, but his brother - an iconic slum-kid-made-good himself - died of a heart attack at age 41, so I imagine it was much the same for Pauly.

Honestly, Polynesians really don't do well on a Western diet. In fact, it's killing them, and it's about time they realised it.

Sad, sad, sad. But anyway Pauly Fuemana, RIP.

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