Richard Hiram Jensen (April 9, 1942 – June 21, 2006), was a musical performer of the Rhythm and Blues, Soul, and Gospel genres.
Jensen was a native Hawaiian athletic song stylist whose "white hot soul" electrified audiences.
He was a main showroom caliber draw who filled rooms at the Outrigger Waikiki, the Oceania Floating Restaurant, Hilton Hawaiian Dome, Reef Towers Polynesian Palace and the Hula Hut.
In 1970,[6] 1971,[7] 1972[8] and 1973,[9] he appeared at the Copacabana in New York,[10] aptly being compared to James Brown, the superstar most analogous to Jensen's onstage style.
He died of Lou Gehrig's Disease, complicated by heart surgery and a series of mini-strokes, which took his legs before it took his life on June 21, 2006.