Jack Lord Saw His Only Child Just Once Never Met Him Again - AmoMama Jack Lord of "Hawaii Five-O" was famous for his passion as a detective on the TV series He was also happy around kids but never had the chance to cement his relationship with his son, who died at age 13, leaving him with no heir
Jack Lord - Wikipedia Their union produced a son, but Lord only saw him once when the boy was an infant On August 24, 1955, his son died, aged 12 years, following a brief battle with hepatitis (he is buried in Fairfield County, Connecticut [state file number 14006])
Jack Lords second wife changed his mind about kids after his first and . . . Lord was always excited about starting a family, but between the war and divorce, he only saw his son once His son, John Joseph Ryan, died August 24, 1955 after a brief battle with hepatitis He only learned of his child’s death after Willard mailed Lord a copy of his death certificate
About Jack Lord from “Hawaii Five-O”: Cause of Death, Age, Net Worth Jack and Ann had a son together, but Jack only saw him once when he was still a baby; the boy died from hepatitis aged 12, on 24 August 1955 Ann remarried sometime in the ‘50s; she passed away on 30 December 2004
Jack Lord Lost His Only Son, Then Everything Got Worse In 1974, John died at the age of 13, a devastating loss for Lord and his wife Following their son’s death, Lord threw himself into his work on “Hawaii Five-O,” but the show’s cancellation in 1980 left him adrift
John Joseph Ryan Jr. (1942-1955) - Find a Grave Memorial Son of John Joseph Patrick Ryan, later known as the actor Jack Lord, and his first wife, Ann Cicely Willard He died of viral hepatitis at age twelve This is confirmed in the 2018 biography "Jack Lord: An Acting Life" by Sylvia D Lynch
Facts about Jack Lord (p1) : Classic Movie Hub (CMH) Son died at age 13 Was considered for the part of Captain Kirk in "Star Trek" (1966), but was rejected by Gene Roddenberry and Desilu Studios because Lord wanted to also be co-producer, and own a percentage of the series
Jack Lord Older Wife of 49 Years, Who Mothered Him, Had . . . - AmoMama Today, the real version of the events behind Lord's son's demise is that he died from Hepatitis Virus on August 24, 1955, when he was only months away from celebrating his thirteen birthday He had been under the doctor's care for days before he passed on
Biography - Remember Jack Lord Jack had seen his son, John Joseph Ryan, born December 1, 1942, only once, as an infant He would not see him again, for on August 24, 1955, his son would die at the age of 12 following a brief battle with hepatitis (Rainbird, Ibid John Joseph Ryan, Jr Find A Grave