Overview
- Loretta Swit died Friday in New York City at age 87.
- Initial reports cite natural causes in her passing with a coroner’s investigation under way.
- She earned widespread acclaim as Major Margaret Houlihan on M*A*S*H, winning two Emmy Awards among ten nominations.
- Her career spanned television and theater with honors including People’s Choice, Genie and Pacific Broadcasters Awards.
- She debuted on Broadway in Same Time, Next Year and starred in over 1,200 performances of Shirley Valentine, earning Chicago’s Sarah Siddons Award.