# Loyal Garner

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'''Loyal Garner''' (September 28, 1946 – November 15, 2001) was a [Hawaiian musician](/source/Music_of_Hawaii) and ''de facto'' leader of the Hawaiian singing group Local Divas.<ref name="star">[http://starbulletin.com/2001/11/27/features/story1.html "Loyal Divas"]</ref> 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.<ref name="Article description">[http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2001/Nov/26/il/il02a.html "Lady of Love touched hearts of many" (obituary)]</ref>

==Posthumous==
In 2007 the [Hawaii Academy of Recording Arts](/source/Hawaii_Academy_of_Recording_Arts) awarded Garner with a posthumous [Na Hoku Hanohano](/source/Na_Hoku_Hanohano) Lifetime Achievement Award.<ref>[http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2007/Apr/27/en/FP704270321.html "Faithful fans of Loyal Garner will enjoy reissue"]</ref><ref>[http://www.nahokuhanohano.org/cms/index.php?page=Lifetime-awards "Hawaii Academy of Recording Arts : Na Hoku Hanohano"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227155255/http://www.nahokuhanohano.org/cms/index.php?page=Lifetime-awards |date=2014-02-27 }}</ref> 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.<ref>[http://hularecords.com/_cart/products.asp?parentID=55 "Hula Records Female Artists"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090121034053/http://hularecords.com/_cart/products.asp?parentID=55 |date=2009-01-21 }}</ref>

==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)

==References==
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==External links==
{{Portal|Biography}}
* {{Find a Grave|8150116}}

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Category:1946 births
Category:2001 deaths
Category:Deaths from colorectal cancer in Hawaii
Category:Musicians from Hawaii
Category:Native Hawaiian musicians
Category:20th-century American musicians

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