 The mayor said Perry's death is a tragic loss. This is the mayor, Rick Blangiardi. What is his name? I didn't pronounce that name. Is that a Hawaiian name? Blangiardi. He's the mayor of Honolulu. 49-year-old Oahu celebrity parlayed his surfing status into a part in Pirates of the Caribbean, also on Stranger Tides, among other films. Perry also appeared in more than a dozen surfing videos, including The Bomb, one called Revelation,