‘M*A*S*H’ Actress Loretta Swit Lifeless at Age 87

Actress Loretta Swit — finest recognized for taking part in the character Margaret “Sizzling Lips” Houlihan on the long-running sitcom “M*A*S*H” — died in the present day, TMZ has discovered.

Swit’s publicist, Harlan Boll, tells TMZ … the 2 spoke final night time, and she or he appeared effective. Boll mentioned Swit died Friday inside her NYC condominium — she was discovered at 10 AM by her maid.

Swit was pronounced lifeless at midday, in accordance with Boll. No reason for loss of life has been confirmed, however Boll says they consider she died from pure causes.

Swit was a 10-time Emmy nominee — profitable twice — for her work on the present, which depicted a U.S. Military medical unit working on the entrance strains of the Korean Conflict (the identify stands for “Cell Military Surgical Hospital”). The comedy-drama present ran from 1972 to 1983 … with the sequence finale racking 106 million viewers, nonetheless the most-watched scripted TV episode in historical past.

She labored in tv for many years, showing on “Hawaii 5-0” and “Homicide, She Wrote” amongst many different reveals, and in some films … however her function as “Sizzling Lips” cemented her place in TV historical past.

Loretta Swit was 87.