Some days there are times you hear a song on the radio or during a movie that puts you back in time. To me this is one of those songs.Kick back for a few minutes and enjoy.
Some Where Over the Rainbow....
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole's medley of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" (from The Wizard of Oz) and Louis Armstrong's "What A Wonderful World" is almost impossibly beautiful, and has been used in many tv shows and movies, including ER, Scrubs, 50 First Dates, Meet Joe Black, and Finding Forrester.
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole died in 1997 at the age of 38. He had suffered from morbid obesity his entire life, topping 750 pounds at one point. He died in the middle of the night of respiratory failure. He was laid in honor in Hawaii's Capitol building, and his ashes were later scattered into the ocean. He left behind his wife and young teenaged daughter
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I fell in love with this version on 50 First Dates. Beautiful voice he had
I agree. The morbid obesity got him too young.
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