Oahu honors ‘Five-O’ star

Six years after his death, “Hawaii Five-O” star Jack Lord is being honored with a bronze bust at one of his favorite Honolulu walking spots.

The 40-pound sculpture, which begins about mid-chest and rests on a rocklike pedestal, is scheduled to go on display Saturday during a ceremony at Kahala Mall in East Oahu.

“We decided on Kahala Mall because it was the place where you could always see Jack,” said Doug Mossman, who had recurring roles on the show. “He’d stroll through the mall in shorts, aloha shirt and straw hat, smiling.”

Mossman and Esperanza Isaac, a “Hawaii Five-O” fan in England, co-chaired the nonprofit Jack Lord Memorial Fund, which raised the $10,000 for the bust, sculpted by Hawaii artist Lynn Weiler Liverton.