Loretta Swit Dies | Drudge Retort

Friday, May 30, 2025

Loretta Swit, the actress and animal activist forever known for her pioneering turn as the disciplined Maj. Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan on the acclaimed CBS sitcom M*A*S*H, has died. She was 87.

Posted by REDIAL at 11:31 PM | 14 COMMENTS | permalink

BREAKING: Loretta Swit, the Emmy-winning actress most well-known for her leading role on "M*A*S*H," has died at age 87, her representatives say.

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-- NBC News (@nbcnews.com) May 30, 2025 at 3:26 PM

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RIP and thanks for the memories!

#1 | Posted by truthhurts at 2025-05-30 04:45 PM

"If you don't turn them over to the MPs this minute, I - -I'm going to resign my commission!..."
MASH 1970

www.youtube.com

One of my favorites:

"Oh my God, they shot him!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6eYjus_Olc&ab_channel=sunkist235

I was really looking for another scene from the football game... "We got a Yellow Flag, We got a Yellow Flag!" - the cheerleaders.

That move had so many great scenes... the Pros from Dover, the Painless Pole and the satisfied nurse in the helicopter, ha!

RIP Hot Lips.

#2 | Posted by Corky at 2025-05-30 06:23 PM

www.youtube.com

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#3 | Posted by Corky at 2025-05-30 06:24 PM

Now Cagney and Lacey, that was a show!

#4 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-05-30 06:52 PM

My two gen-z kids love MASH so they're bummed out.

Watching MASH in the 80s was a family thing growing up. There was a few other shows, but MASH was a big one.

I am glad Margaret developed beyond "Hot Lips" in the show. She deserved a strong character.

#5 | Posted by horstngraben at 2025-05-31 12:15 AM

There was a few other shows, but MASH was a big one.

Yup. That and All in the Family were weekly events at my house.

#6 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-05-31 12:19 AM

Now it's family Tik-Tok influencer videos.

Family life in the Internet Age..so Life Affirming.

#7 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2025-05-31 01:49 AM

The wrong people keep dying.

#8 | Posted by Zed at 2025-05-31 07:37 AM

I do mourn her death, and remember her contributions to a wonderful show. It was a time of great tv, great actors, and of course, as now, a time of great national division.

#9 | Posted by Hughmass at 2025-05-31 08:41 AM

But the left always says there were no good ole days like the 50s or 60s etc. They claim it was a time of hate. But the reality is the hate all others was a time for the left to spew hate of those not like them. They were Democrats and intolerant "liberals" and anti unity politicos that made everyone and even families hate each other over foolish political intolerance and stupid differences. Intolerance always comes from and originates with leftist Antifa types in black outfits and masks.

#10 | Posted by Robson at 2025-05-31 05:01 PM

How did she get that old and the good times of that era gone and replaced with hogwash of political elites promoting something that gives us hate. RIP Loretta.

#11 | Posted by Robson at 2025-05-31 05:05 PM

#10

Did that pile hurt when you pinched it out?

Bizarro World products.

#12 | Posted by Corky at 2025-05-31 05:09 PM

... Loretta Swit, the actress and animal activist forever known for her pioneering turn as the disciplined Maj. Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan ...

Not just the disciplined Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan, but also the strong-willed and very knowledgeable Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan.

A bit on the rare side for such a role given to a female character back then.

R.I.P. Loretta Jane Szwed.

And thank-you for the gravitas.

#13 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-05-31 06:36 PM

one of those secondary networks shows all of those saturday night show....or was if friday....shows so good they avoided the weekend low ratings.