Overview

• Loretta Swit died on May 30 in her New York City home at age 87, with officials citing suspected natural causes.
• She appeared in all but 11 of M*A*S*H’s 256 episodes as Major Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan and won Emmys in 1980 and 1982.
• After the series ended its 11-year run in 1983, Swit devoted her career to animal welfare and established SwitHeart Animal Alliance.
• She met fellow actor Dennis Holahan on the M*A*S*H set, married him, and the couple divorced in 1995.
• Among the original principal cast members, Alan Alda, Jamie Farr, Mike Farrell and Gary Burghoff remain alive following Patrick Adiarte’s April death.