{"id":24266,"date":"2026-04-25T10:06:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T10:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=24266"},"modified":"2026-04-25T10:06:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T10:06:04","slug":"hot-lips-passed-away-at-age-87-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=24266","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Hot Lips\u2019 Passed Away At Age 87!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-WEB:5a307c3b-3bbd-4ba5-887c-bfeb17cd1b03-7\" data-is-intersecting=\"true\">\n<section class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none [--shadow-height:45px] has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none has-data-writing-block:-mt-(--shadow-height) has-data-writing-block:pt-(--shadow-height) [&amp;:has([data-writing-block])&gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"request-WEB:5a307c3b-3bbd-4ba5-887c-bfeb17cd1b03-7\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-16\" data-scroll-anchor=\"false\" data-turn=\"assistant\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-1\" dir=\"auto\" tabindex=\"0\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"18fb72e1-b446-44cd-9c1d-89c44cdfab79\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-3\" data-turn-start-message=\"true\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full wrap-break-word light markdown-new-styling\">\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"283\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Loretta Swit<\/span><\/span>, best known as Major Margaret \u201cHot Lips\u201d Houlihan on <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">M*A*S*H<\/span><\/span>, has died at 87. She passed away on May 30, 2025, at her home in <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">New York City<\/span><\/span>, with her death believed to be from natural causes.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"285\" data-end=\"600\">Born in <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Passaic<\/span><\/span>, Swit began in theater before rising to fame on <em data-start=\"379\" data-end=\"382\">M<\/em>A<em data-start=\"383\" data-end=\"386\">S<\/em>H*, where she starred for all 11 seasons, earning two Emmy Awards. She also appeared in shows like <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Hawaii Five-O<\/span><\/span> and <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Murder, She Wrote<\/span><\/span>, and continued performing on stage.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"602\" data-end=\"815\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Beyond acting, she was a dedicated animal rights activist and author of <em data-start=\"674\" data-end=\"685\">SwitHeart<\/em>, highlighting her artwork and advocacy. Swit was previously married to <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Dennis Holahan<\/span><\/span> and had no children.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n7s_1xlWTpU?si=79wpXitDjbRth0Fb\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Loretta Swit, best known as Major Margaret \u201cHot Lips\u201d Houlihan on M*A*S*H, has died at 87. She passed away on May 30, 2025, at her home in New York City, with her death believed to be from natural causes. Born in Passaic, Swit began in theater before rising to fame on MASH*, where she starred&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=24266\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;\u2018Hot Lips\u2019 Passed Away At Age 87!&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24267,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24266"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24268,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24266\/revisions\/24268"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}