
Actress Loretta Swit — best known for playing the character Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan on the long-running sitcom “M*A*S*H” — died today, TMZ has learned.
Swit’s publicist, Harlan Boll, tells TMZ … the two spoke last night, and she seemed fine. Boll said Swit died Friday inside her New York City apartment, where she was discovered at 10 AM by her maid.
Swit was pronounced dead at noon, according to Boll. No official cause of death has been confirmed, though Boll says they believe she passed from natural causes,

possibly related to age-associated chronic illness or undisclosed health complications, which are common concerns in geriatric wellness care.