Lord played “Steve McGarrett” of Hawaii Five-O, which ran on CBS from 1968 to 1980. Lord also played parts in various films, but his “Book-’em, Danno” Five-O tagline made him a star. Jack Lord died of congestive heart failure in Hawaii on January 21 at 77.
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And that was it! The very first short blurb that led to the Honorary Unsubscribe feature. Short as it was, readers loved it, and I made it a regular feature. But they will remain pretty short for several years until some of my research just demanded to be turned into an actual story. Because the archive didn’t come until much later, none of the entries here had a photo; the one of Lord shown here was not added until much later. -rc