M*A*S*H actor, known for ‘King and I,’ dead at 82
Patrick Adiarte, who starred in “The King and I” and had a recurring role on M*A*S*H, has died at the age of 82.
Adiarte died Tuesday in a Los Angeles-area hospital of pneumonia, his niece, Stephanie Hogan, told The Hollywood Reporter.
The Philippines-born actor appeared in a three-part episode of “The Brady Bunch” in 1972 when the they went to Honolulu for a family vacation.
M*A*S*H fans know Adiarte as Ho-Jon, the orphaned Korean houseboy who assisted Hawkeye Pierce (Alan Alda) and Trapper John McIntyre (Wayne Rogers) on seven episodes of the first season (1972-73) of the CBS series.
After learning of the news, M*A*S*H star Loretta Swit, who played Major Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan for the entirety of the series, took to Instagram to mourn the loss of her co-star.
“RIP Patrick Adiarrte,” Swit posted on an Instagram story, per PARADE, along with a broken-heart emoji and the hashtags #mashfamily #mashfamforever and #globalmashfamily.
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