Dec. 7 [[Bloomberg) -- Harry Morgan, the actor who played strait-laced U.S. Army Colonel Sherman T. Potter on the television series “M*A*S*H” through eight of its 11 celebrated seasons, has died. He was 96. He died today at his home in Los Angeles, the New York Times reported, citing his son, Charles Morgan. No cause was given.
Harry Bratsberg was born on April 10, 1915, in Detroit, where his father, Henry, worked for the automobile company founded by World War I fighter pilot Eddie Rickenbacker.
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