Loyal Garner
Loyal Garner (September 28, 1946 – November 15, 2001) was a Hawaiian musician and de facto leader of the Hawaiian singing group Local Divas.[1] Her hits included "Shave Ice" from the 1982 album Island Feelings and "Blind Man in the Bleachers" from her 1981 album Loyal.
Death[]
Nicknamed the "Lady of Love", Loyal E. Garner died on November 15, 2001, from colon cancer, aged 55.[2]
Posthumous[]
In 2007 the Hawaii Academy of Recording Arts awarded Garner with a posthumous Na Hoku Hanohano Lifetime Achievement Award.[3][4] On April 2, 2007, Hula Records re-issued Garner's Hawai'i Today for the first time on CD format at the request of fans.[5]
Discography[]
Albums[]
- Lady of Love (1976)
- Hawai'i Today (1977)
- Loyal (1981)
- Loyal Garner (1981)
- Island Feelings (1982)
- More Than Just a Song (1987)
- Hawaii's Lady of Love (compilation, 1989)
- Loyal...The Best of (compilation, 1989)
- I Shall Sing (1992)
- A Loyal Kind of Christmas (1992)
- Sounds of Progress (1993)
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Categories:
- 1946 births
- 2001 deaths
- Deaths from cancer in Hawaii
- Deaths from colorectal cancer
- Musicians from Hawaii
- Native Hawaiian people
- 20th-century American musicians