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Trapper John died :(

I was astonished to discover he was in his 80's. I loved him in MASH, I loved MASH period. It's probably my favorite show of all time. That cast were the original Mockers.

Wayne Rogers, who portrayed wisecracking Army surgeon "Trapper John" McIntyre in the first three seasons of TV's "M*A*S*H," died Thursday, his publicist Rona Menashe told Reuters.

He was 82.

Rogers died of complications from pneumonia in Los Angeles, Menashe said.

Rogers' Trapper John was one half of "M*A*S*H's" lead tandem of joke-cracking physicians in the first three seasons of CBS' Korean War comedy-drama, paired with Alan Alda's Benjamin "Hawkeye" Pierce. The character had been played by Elliott Gould in the 1970 movie.

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