Just wanted to say that this Tuesday, Dec. 30, will mark what would have been the 94th birthday of John Joseph Patrick Ryan, better known to millions from 1968-80 as Jack Lord, star of original Hawaii Five-O, in the role of Steve McGarrett.

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This episode of the tabloid TV program American Journal was originally broadcast on December 22, 1997. Various people are interviewed, discussing whatever happened (https://www.sun-sentinel.com/1997/07/15/five-0-may-be-on-the-beach-for-good/) to Jack Lord, including his wife Marie, Moe Keale, Kam Fong, Margaret Doversola, James MacArthur and Sharon Farrell.

This is from roughly a month prior to Jack Lord's death (https://archives.starbulletin.com/1998/01/22/news/story1.html) on January 21, 1998. He (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Lord#:~:text=Lord%20suffered%20from%20Alzheimer's%20disease,Five%2DO%2C%20in%201979.) reportedly (https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/53623/hawaii-five-o-the-12th-and-final-season/), suffered from (https://www.quora.com/Did-Jack-Lord-have-Alzheimers) Alzheimer's disease (https://groups.google.com/g/alt.fan.hawaii-five-o/c/8uN7lIXMf_0) during at least the last (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8V1XHFIyd4c) seven years of his life.