
‘Hawaii Five-0’ actor Al Harrington dead at 85
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Al Harrington, best known to classic TV fans as Detective Ben Kokua in the original “Hawaii Five-0” series, died Tuesday. He was 85.
Harrington also appeared in the CBS reboot of "Hawaii Five-0," playing the recurring role of surf shop owner and bus driver Mamo Kahike from 2011 to 2018.
Born Tausau Ta’a 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.
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.
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