Loretta Swit, popular for her role as Major Margaret ‘Hot Lips’ Houlihan on MASH*, died on Friday, her representative Harlan Boll confirmed to TMZ. She was 87 years old. The report cited police records to add that officials suspect that she passed away of natural causes. She was in her New York City home.

Loretta Swit, who won two Emmy Awards playing Major Margaret Houlihan, the demanding head nurse of a surgical unit behind the lines of the Korean War on the hit TV series MASH, has died. She was 87.

Loretta Swit, who won two Emmy Awards playing Major Margaret Houlihan on the pioneering hit TV series “M.A.S.H.,” has died. She was 87.