The widow of Hawaiian lifeguard and actor Tamayo Perry spoke out about her husband’s death after he was attacked and killed by a shark. 

Tamayo Perry, 49, a City and County of Honolulu Ocean Safety lifeguard, died Sunday after being bitten by a shark near Goat Island.

“I feel so upset and devastated, but I also have a weird calmness in my heart knowing that he’s in a better place,” Emilia Perry said in an interview with “Good Morning America” that aired on Wednesday. “It was like I went on the best 25-year vacation of my life with him, and now it’s over.”

The 49-year-old was a professional surfer and an actor who appeared in the movies “Blue Crush” and “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides,” and in an episode of “Hawaii Five-0.”

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Emilia’s belief that her husband is in a better place comes from his devout Christian faith, she said.

Even before he died, Tamayo reportedly texted his family, “I can’t wait to meet the king. I’m excited, not scared. We got to pray and forgive and love.”

Emilia told the station her husband stood for “how to be a better human.”

“To love everybody when you have them, ‘cause you never know when they’re gonna be taken away,” she said.

Honolulu Ocean Safety and the city’s fire, police and emergency medical services departments responded shortly before 1 p.m. Sunday to Mālaekahana Beach on Oahu’s North Shore following a report that a man appeared to have suffered shark bites, Honolulu Emergency Services Department’s Shayne Enright told The Associated Press.

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Lifeguards used jet skis to pull Perry to shore, where paramedics made the death pronouncement, Enright said. 

After the shark attack, Ocean Safety personnel posted shark warnings in the area.

Perry began his career with the Ocean Safety department in July 2016.

Honolulu Ocean Safety Acting Chief Kurt Lager described Perry as a lifeguard “loved by all.”

Perry, 49, was a highly respected and “legendary waterman,” according to Honolulu’s mayor. (Facebook/Tamayo Perry )

“He’s well known on the North Shore,” Lager said during a news conference. “He’s a professional surfer known worldwide. Tamayo’s personality was infectious and as much as people loved him, he loved everyone else more.”

Just two days after Tamayo’s death, ABC News reported, another “aggressive” shark was spotted near Oahu.

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Jesse King, a friend and coworker of Perry’s, told ABC that despite his friend’s fate, he would likely tell other surfers to continue surfing.

“For people that are surfers and avid ocean users, we do it because we love it,” King told the network.

Fox News Digital’s Landon Mion and Stephen Sorace, along with The Associated Press contributed to this report.

The Nuggets did not have a pick in the 2^nd round of the NBA draft on Thursday, after trading the pick to the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday so they could draft DaRon Holmes in the 1^st round.

But that didn’t stop the Nuggets from making headlines.

They traded backup point guard Reggie Jackson and three future second-round picks to the Charlotte Hornets in return for cash considerations.

The move saves the Nuggets about $5.25 million dollars against the salary cap and gives them some financial freedom moving into free agency on Sunday.

Jackson, the Colorado native, played in every game last season averaging just over 10 points a game.

The Nuggets also signed two undrafted free agents on Thursday. Creighton’s Trey Alexander and Clemson’s PJ Hall received two-way contracts. Hall averaged 18.3 points and 6.4 rebounds per game for the Tigers last season. Alexander led Creighton with 17.6 points, 5.7 rebounds and 4.7 assists per game.

Also, Nuggets guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope made it official on Thursday. He is declining his $15.4 million player contract option for next season and will test the free agent waters. The Nuggets will make an offer to keep their starting guard, but he is expected to get numerous offers on the open market and it may be financially impossible for the Nuggets to match. General Manager Calvin Booth told us on Wednesday that the team is ready for whatever happens.

“We can try to bring him back, and if he doesn’t want to come back or opts to go somewhere else, that’s his prerogative,” said Booth. “But I think we’re prepared to plug and play, so to speak. I think if Christian Braun has to step into the starting lineup, I think we’ll be OK, if KCP doesn’t return.”

The Nuggets are also working on a new max contract extension for starting guard Jamal Murray. The new deal will be for 4 years and $209 million dollars. Murray is expected to sign the deal. He and Nikola Jokic are the two most important pieces of the Nuggets championship puzzle.