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Actress Loretta Swit, iconic Major Houlihan from 'M.A.S.H.,' dead at 87


Loretta Swit, who won two Emmy Awards playing Major Margaret Houlihan, the head nurse of a behind-the-lines surgical unit during the Korean War on the hit TV series “M.A.S.H.,” has died.

Loretta Swit, who won two Emmy Awards playing Major Margaret Houlihan, the demanding head nurse of a behind-the-lines surgical unit during the Korean War on the pioneering hit TV series “M.A.S.H.,” has died. Loretta Swit, who won two Emmy Awards playing Major Margaret Houlihan, the demanding head nurse of a behind-the-lines surgical unit during the Korean War on the pioneering hit TV series “M.A.S.H.,” has died. In Altman’s 1970 film, Houlihan was a one-dimensional character — a sex-crazed bimbo who earned the nickname “Hot Lips.” Her intimate moments were broadcast to the entire camp after somebody planted a microphone under her bed.

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