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Apparently, we have a clever casting director and an ABC special to thank for McLean Stevenson's casting on M*A*S*H.

M*A*S*H fans loved McLean Stevenson as Lieutenant Colonel Henry Blake but weren't as dedicated when he left the show to pursue his own series.

David Ogden Stiers added something invaluable to the M*A*S*H cast dynamic, something that his predecessor, Larry Linville, couldn't quite capture.

Here's what happened when McLean Stevenson decided he wanted to leave M*A*S*H.

When done well — as "Succession" just proved — the passing of a television character can inspire powerful material involving shock and grief, or perhaps guilt and relief. It can also be an occasion for big laughs, something "Seinfeld" and "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" managed to pull off.

'Succession' is the latest TV series to kill off a major character. Here are some of the biggest small-screen fatalities over the decades.

From their other roles and accomplishments to their love lives and scandals, heres what the cast of M*A*S*H are up to more than five decades after it took the world by storm.

After 11 seasons, the season finale of the comedy-drama M*A*S*H aired on CBS on Monday, Feb. 28, 1983.