{"id":70630,"date":"2025-08-05T06:38:28","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T06:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=70630"},"modified":"2025-08-05T06:38:30","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T06:38:30","slug":"loretta-swit-aka-hot-lips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=70630","title":{"rendered":"Loretta Swit AKA \u201cHot Lips\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"284\" src=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-140.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-70631\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Loretta Swit, best known as Major Margaret \u201cHot Lips\u201d Houlihan on <em>MASH<\/em>, has died at 87. A two-time Emmy winner, Swit transformed her character from a one-note punchline into a powerful, complex woman, thanks to her persistence and talent. Beyond <em>MASH<\/em>, she was a passionate stage actress and animal rights advocate. Swit leaves behind a legacy of strength, integrity, and unforgettable performances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/readupdatednews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/loreta-300x284.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10816\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Alan Alda took to X (formerly Twitter) to remember his longtime co-star:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cShe worked hard in showing the writing staff how they could turn the character from a one-joke sexist stereotype into a real person \u2014 with real feelings and ambitions,\u201d he wrote. \u201cWe celebrated the day the script came out listing her character not as Hot Lips, but as Margaret. Loretta made the most of her time here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And for fans who grew up watching MASH*, Margaret Houlihan \u2014 not \u201cHot Lips\u201d \u2014 is the name that will live on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=70617\">ALSO READ&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/readupdatednews.com\/author\/newsdesk\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Loretta Swit, best known as Major Margaret \u201cHot Lips\u201d Houlihan on MASH, has died at 87. A two-time Emmy winner, Swit transformed her character from a one-note&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":70631,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70630"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=70630"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70632,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70630\/revisions\/70632"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/70631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=70630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=70630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=70630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}