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Judy Farrell, who was best known for her role of Nurse Able onMAS*H, has died. She was 84.
The actressdied Sunday in a hospitalnine days after having a stroke, Farell’s son Michael confirmed to TMZ.
Micheal did not immediately return PEOPLE’s request for comment.
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HerMAS*Hcostar Loretta Swit, who played Major Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan, paid tribute to Farrell, calling her “family” following the news of her death.
“Judy was amost beautiful woman— inside and out. We grew up together,” she told Fox News Digital. “She was family. This has been a painful loss, but we will always have the beauty of her memory. Rest in peace, Nurse Able.”
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Farrell appeared as Nurse Able in eight episodes ofMAS*H, which ran for 11 seasons on CBS from 1972 to 1983. It followed a team of doctors and medical support staff working at the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in Uijeongbu, South Korea, during the Korean War.
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The series starredAlan Aldaas Captain Benjamin “Hawkeye” Pierce and Farrell’s first husbandMike Farrell— whom she divorced in 1983 — later joined the cast as Captain B.J. Hunnicutt. Alda reunited with Mike in September in honor of the show’s50th anniversary.
In 2018, Judy looked back at particularly memorable moment from filmingMAS*Hwith Alda.
“I did an episode where Hawkeye goes to fix a gas stove in the nurse’s tent and it blows up, making him temporarily blind. Alan decided to make it sohe really couldn’t see,” she shared withThe Hollywood Reporterat the time. “I ended up being the nurse who led him around, except I was always bumping him into stuff because I didn’t know how to lead a blind person around.”
“At one point,” she added, “Alan turned to me and said, ‘Do your children trust you?'”
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She also had roles on television shows includingGet Smart,Fame,The Partridge FamilyandQuincy, M.E.On the big screen, she appeared in films includingJ.W. Coop, Chapter TwoandLong-Term Relationship.
She is also credited as a writer on the soap operaPort Charlesfrom 1998 to 2003.
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