Judy Farrell dead at 84: M*A*S*H star known for playing Nurse Able dies in hospital after suffering stroke

BELOVED actress Judy Farrell who played nurse Able from M*A*S*H has died at age 84 after suffering a stroke that left her hospitalized for nine days.

Farrell passed away in the hospital Sunday but spent the time she had left with loved ones.

She was conscious and able to squeeze the hands of her friends and family who came to visit her in the hospital while she was still alive, per TMZ.

But she was not able to speak due to complications with the stroke.

Farrell starred in eight episodes of M*A*S*H with co-star Alan Alda as Captain Benjamin “Hawkeye.”

M*A*S*H was a show about the Mobile Army Surgical Hospital’s care for the injured during the Korean War.

Mike Farrell, her first husband, also starred in M*A*S*H as Captain B.J. Hunnicut.

They had two children together Erin Farrell, 60, and Michael Farrell, 53.

Farrel divorced him in 1983 and married Joe Bratcher two years later.

She was married to Bratcher when she died.

Farrell had an extensive career with appearances in multiple movies and television shows as well.

For television, this includes: “Get Smart,” “The Partridge Family,” and “Quincy, M.E.”

Her film roles included: “J.W. Coop” (1971), “Chapter Two” (1979), and “Long-Term Relationship” (2006).

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