Comments on: Harry Morgan, Col. Potter on ‘M*A*S*H,’ Dies http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2011/12/harry-morgan-col-potter-on-mash-dies/ The latest Entertainment news and blog posts from ABC News contributors and bloggers. Sat, 18 May 2013 03:52:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mark H Pelech http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2011/12/harry-morgan-col-potter-on-mash-dies/#comment-1087812 Mark H Pelech Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:28:54 +0000 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/?p=78392#comment-1087812 You have received your discharge papers Col. Potter. Enjoy your deserved rest and peace. You have received your discharge papers Col. Potter. Enjoy your deserved rest and peace.

]]> By: Thomas E. Caldwell http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2011/12/harry-morgan-col-potter-on-mash-dies/#comment-1003912 Thomas E. Caldwell Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:58:43 +0000 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/?p=78392#comment-1003912 I loved Harry Morgan in virtually every movie or tv show I ever saw him in. He appeared in December Bride as Pete neighbor to Matt (Dean Miller). And, he was hysterical. Dean and Harry remained friends for many years after the series. Dean owned the radio station I once worked for. I answered the phone one day and it was Harry Morgan looking for Dean. We chatted briefly and he seemed to me to be one of the nicest guys you would ever want to meet. I have since met and talked at length with a number of celebrities, but few impressed me as much as that brief contact with Harry Morgan. I only wish I would have had the opportunity to meet him. He will be sorely missed, but his work will remain to delight us forever. I loved Harry Morgan in virtually every movie or tv show I ever saw him in. He appeared in December Bride as Pete neighbor to Matt (Dean Miller). And, he was hysterical. Dean and Harry remained friends for many years after the series. Dean owned the radio station I once worked for. I answered the phone one day and it was Harry Morgan looking for Dean. We chatted briefly and he seemed to me to be one of the nicest guys you would ever want to meet. I have since met and talked at length with a number of celebrities, but few impressed me as much as that brief contact with Harry Morgan. I only wish I would have had the opportunity to meet him. He will be sorely missed, but his work will remain to delight us forever.

]]> By: Bob http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2011/12/harry-morgan-col-potter-on-mash-dies/#comment-990652 Bob Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:41:33 +0000 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/?p=78392#comment-990652 Well done Colonel Potter. May you rest in peace. Well done Colonel Potter. May you rest in peace.

]]> By: Rober Lindsey http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2011/12/harry-morgan-col-potter-on-mash-dies/#comment-990632 Rober Lindsey Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:39:25 +0000 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/?p=78392#comment-990632 Well done Colonel Potter. Well done Colonel Potter.

]]> By: Mac http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2011/12/harry-morgan-col-potter-on-mash-dies/#comment-987272 Mac Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:27:00 +0000 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/?p=78392#comment-987272 I recall Harry being arrested for beating his wife. He may have been talented on camera, but obviously had some real problems off camera. I have no respect for a man who's attained so much money and fame, yet goes home and beats his wife. I recall Harry being arrested for beating his wife. He may have been talented on camera, but obviously had some real problems off camera. I have no respect for a man who’s attained so much money and fame, yet goes home and beats his wife.

]]> By: tacticalguy http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2011/12/harry-morgan-col-potter-on-mash-dies/#comment-982192 tacticalguy Thu, 08 Dec 2011 06:21:00 +0000 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/?p=78392#comment-982192 An excellent actor and an officer I would have been proud to follow. An excellent actor and an officer I would have been proud to follow.

]]> By: Cat Whisperer http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2011/12/harry-morgan-col-potter-on-mash-dies/#comment-982142 Cat Whisperer Thu, 08 Dec 2011 06:15:40 +0000 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/?p=78392#comment-982142 Comment to the people who bring up Harry Morgan's domestic violence case: he was 82 at the time. I don't know if he had any problems with dementia or Alzheimer's or issues with depression, all of which are possibilities in a man his age. He was married for 45 years to his first wife, who passed away in 1985; he remained married to his second wife at the time of his death. To me this certainly argues that whatever the situation was at the time of the event, it was resolved in a way that kept him and his wife together. It is worth noting that the charges were dropped when he completed a counseling program, and there were no other occasions involving violence in the relationship. Having cared for an elderly parent, and observed the elderly parents of my friends and relatives, I have to say that it isn't that unusual for changes in personality to take place in someone as old as Harry Morgan was. Excluding outright dementia and Alzheimer's, there are a lot of elderly people who develop depression and experience anger and frustration at the onset of aging-related problems: memory issues, physical disabilities, sometimes pain from physical problems like arthritis. This can really be a problem, especially where the person who is experiencing the problems wants to deny that they exist or are affecting him/her. I think that it's very unfair to brand Harry Morgan as a "wife-beater" on the basis of a single incident that happened when he was 82 years old, especially without knowing any details of the situation. And especially when he and his wife remained married 15 years later. Comment to the people who bring up Harry Morgan’s domestic violence case: he was 82 at the time. I don’t know if he had any problems with dementia or Alzheimer’s or issues with depression, all of which are possibilities in a man his age. He was married for 45 years to his first wife, who passed away in 1985; he remained married to his second wife at the time of his death. To me this certainly argues that whatever the situation was at the time of the event, it was resolved in a way that kept him and his wife together. It is worth noting that the charges were dropped when he completed a counseling program, and there were no other occasions involving violence in the relationship.

Having cared for an elderly parent, and observed the elderly parents of my friends and relatives, I have to say that it isn’t that unusual for changes in personality to take place in someone as old as Harry Morgan was. Excluding outright dementia and Alzheimer’s, there are a lot of elderly people who develop depression and experience anger and frustration at the onset of aging-related problems: memory issues, physical disabilities, sometimes pain from physical problems like arthritis. This can really be a problem, especially where the person who is experiencing the problems wants to deny that they exist or are affecting him/her.

I think that it’s very unfair to brand Harry Morgan as a “wife-beater” on the basis of a single incident that happened when he was 82 years old, especially without knowing any details of the situation. And especially when he and his wife remained married 15 years later.

]]> By: Rudi Taft http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2011/12/harry-morgan-col-potter-on-mash-dies/#comment-981212 Rudi Taft Thu, 08 Dec 2011 05:24:30 +0000 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/?p=78392#comment-981212 was a Democrat. Beat his wife: In July 1997, Morgan was charged with abusing his wife a year earlier, after a beating left her with injuries to her eye, foot, and arm... Figures.. was a Democrat. Beat his wife: In July 1997, Morgan was charged with abusing his wife a year earlier, after a beating left her with injuries to her eye, foot, and arm…

Figures..

]]> By: Beth http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2011/12/harry-morgan-col-potter-on-mash-dies/#comment-978502 Beth Thu, 08 Dec 2011 02:59:09 +0000 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/?p=78392#comment-978502 Kind of ironic that he died on the 70th anniversary of Pearl Harbor invasion. He would have been about 20 when it happened, and am sure he remembered it and honored this date for a reason. I loved him in M*A*S*H ! RIP Harry Morgan. Kind of ironic that he died on the 70th anniversary of Pearl Harbor invasion. He would have been about 20 when it happened, and am sure he remembered it and honored this date for a reason. I loved him in M*A*S*H !
RIP Harry Morgan.

]]> By: Cat Whisperer http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2011/12/harry-morgan-col-potter-on-mash-dies/#comment-977762 Cat Whisperer Thu, 08 Dec 2011 02:04:48 +0000 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/?p=78392#comment-977762 Oh my goodness, I'm so sorry to hear of his passing. I'm old enough to remember him in "Dragnet," and I loved him as Col. Potter in M*A*S*H. He certainly had a long and productive career. He'll live on forever in the archives of television. RIP, Mr. Morgan, and thank you for many pleasant hours of entertainment! Oh my goodness, I’m so sorry to hear of his passing. I’m old enough to remember him in “Dragnet,” and I loved him as Col. Potter in M*A*S*H.

He certainly had a long and productive career. He’ll live on forever in the archives of television. RIP, Mr. Morgan, and thank you for many pleasant hours of entertainment!

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