Al Harrington Dies: ‘Hawaii Five-O’ Actor Was 85

TV series and its reboot decades later, died Tuesday in Honolulu as the result of a stroke last week. He was 85.“I have had the honor of loving Al, whom I called ‘Harrington’ for 20-years,” his wife Rosa Harrington said, in part, in a statement. “We were an inseparable team; best friends and he was my regal Polynesian King. Al embodied the purest, life-giving values of aloha and began each day with a smile.

Born Tausau Ta’a in American Samoa, Harrington was three when he moved with his mother to Honolulu. After attending both Menlo College and Stanford University, he began teaching at the University of Hawaii, also working in entertainment in Waikiki.In 1972, he joined the cast of CBS’ hit police dramastarring Jack Lord, playing Detective Ben Kokua . He remained with the show as a regular cast member until its cancellation in 1975.

The actor returned to the successful franchise with the 2011 CBS reboot, recurring as the character Mamo Kahike until the show was canceled in 2018.The Jeffersons, Magnum, PI, Jake and the Fatman, ScrubsWhite Fang 2. “Admiration, respect, humor, peace, and joy are those attributes that one can ascribe to Al Harrington,” said his longtime agent Gregory David Mayo.

In addition to his wife, Harrington is survived by sons Alema and Tau, daughters Summer Harrington and Cassi Harrington Palmer, and other extended family.

Oh man! Not Al Harrington!

🤦🏽‍♂️ I saw the picture, but that name automatically made me think of the bball player, that went to my high school

AND the article says the reboot ended in 2018 - who are these clowns you employ? Also inaccurate.

Do you guys actually have proofreaders? This article says the original series ended in 1975. Not true. It would take 10 seconds to look that up on Wikipedia.

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