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Iconic Actresses Loretta Swit has passed away
Loretta Jane Swit (born Loretta Jane Szwed; November 4, 1937 – May 30, 2025) was an American stage and television actress known for her character roles. Swit is best known for her portrayal of Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan on M*A*S*H, for which she won two Emmy Awards. She also played Cagney in Cagney and Lacey
When Swit arrived in Hollywood in 1969, she performed guest roles in various television series, including Hawaii Five-O (her first TV credit), Gunsmoke, Mission: Impossible, and Mannix.
She starred in Christmas programs such as the television version of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever and 1987's PBS special A Christmas Calendar.[17] In 1988, she hosted Korean War—The Untold Story, a documentary on the true events of the war, and went to South Korea to film it, becoming the first M*A*S*H cast member to actually visit the country, outside of Jamie Farr who served there in the mid-1950s while a member of the U.S. Army. In 1992, she hosted the 26-part series Those Incredible Animals on the Discovery Channel. Swit's last appearance was on GSN Live on October 10, 2008.
She was also in the TV movie The Last Day (1975), with Richard Widmark and Robert Conrad.
Swit was an animal rights activist. She was a vegetarian for many years before becoming a vegan in 1981.
Swit wrote a book on needlepoint, titled A Needlepoint Scrapbook.
Swit died on May 30, 2025 at her home in New York City from natural causes, at the age of 87.
RIP
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