Career
Now retired, he lives on the island of Kaua‘i and occasionally makes public appearances. Born in Honolulu on Oahu to a Hawaiian-Chinese mother and a Swedish-Irish father. He is currently married to Judy Bailey and lives on Kauai.
Kenney was married to hula dancer Beverly Noa and is the father of Honolulu restaurateur, Edward Kenney, III.
Kenney and Noa headlined shows at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel and the Halekulani Hotel for years. They reunited for a Honolulu television show on KGMB-television in the 1980s.