{"id":342778,"date":"2021-09-22T18:49:24","date_gmt":"2021-09-22T15:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/hawaii-five-0-actor-al-harrington-dead-at-85\/"},"modified":"2021-09-22T18:49:24","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T15:49:24","slug":"hawaii-five-0-actor-al-harrington-dead-at-85","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/hawaii-five-0-actor-al-harrington-dead-at-85\/","title":{"rendered":"#&#8217;Hawaii Five-0&#8242; actor Al Harrington dead at 85"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#&#8217;Hawaii Five-0&#8242; actor Al Harrington dead at 85<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Al Harrington, best known to classic TV fans as Detective Ben Kokua in the original \u201cHawaii Five-0\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a>, died Tuesday. He was 85.<\/p>\n<p>His death was confirmed by family members, who said he had been hospitalized recently after suffering a stroke, the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.staradvertiser.com\/2021\/09\/21\/hawaii-news\/legendary-hawaii-entertainer-al-harrington-dies-at-age-85\/\">Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Harrington also <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eared in the CBS reboot of \u201cHawaii Five-0,\u201d playing the recurring role of surf shop owner and bus driver Mamo Kahike from 2011 to 2018. <\/p>\n<p>Born Tausau Ta\u2019a on Dec. 12, 1935, in American Samoa, Harrington was raised by his grandmother until he was 3, when his mother, Lela Suapaia, had him join her in Honolulu, Hawaii. <\/p>\n<p>Suapaia later married mainland-born Roy Harrington, who had come to Hawaii while serving in the US Army. Al bonded with his stepfather and officially changed his surname to Harrington.<\/p>\n<p>Harrington joined the cast of \u201cHawaii Five-0\u201d in 1972, replacing original cast member Gilbert \u201cZulu\u201d Kauhi (Kono) as the Polynesian member of the \u201cFive-0\u201d team. Harrington\u2019s three years on the show earned him an international cult following. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/al-harrington-00.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"James MacArthur, Al Harrington and Jack Lord in &quot;Hawaii Five-0,&quot; which ran from 1968 to 1980. \" class=\"wp-image-19541066\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/al-harrington-00.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/al-harrington-00.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/al-harrington-00.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>James MacArthur, Al Harrington and Jack Lord in \u201cHawaii Five-0,\u201d which ran from 1968 to 1980. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When Harrington left the show in 1975, he l<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaiinewsnow.com\/2021\/09\/22\/al-harrington-hawaii-five-0-actor-dies-85\/\">aunched a second-act career<\/a> as a Waikiki showroom headliner and recording artist known affectionately as \u201cThe South Pacific Man.\u201d He retired from the stage in 1992, and spent the next 13 years living on the mainland doing film work in Utah and California.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Among his <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0364228\/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0\">many other projects <\/a>were the Tom Hanks classic \u201cForrest Gump,\u201d a string of episodic TV guest spots in projects ranging from \u201cCharlie\u2019s Angels,\u201d \u201cThe Jeffersons,\u201d \u201cMagnum P.I.\u201d and \u201cScrubs.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2018 Lifetime Achievement Awards Recipient: Al Harrington\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JcOGQIgu4as?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>He returned to live in Hawaii in 2008 and was awarded the Hawai\u2019i Academy of Recording Arts Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Harrington is survived by his wife, Rosa, sons Alema and Tau, daughters Summer and Cassi Harrington Palmer, and several grandchildren.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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He was 85. His death was confirmed by family members, who said he had been hospitalized recently after suffering a stroke, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported. 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