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Larry Linville Timeline

Larry Linville is born in Ojai, California. He is raised in Sacramento, California. Studies aeronautical engineering at the University of Colorado, but gives it up when he finds out he is color blind. Marries Kate Greer, daughter of actors Will Geer and Herta Ware, in Carson City, Nevada with a souvenir Indian ring as a wedding ring. Linville and wife Kate participate in the Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival. His only child, Kelly Linville, is born. The first episode of the tv series, M*A*S*H, airs on CBS, entitled "M*A*S*H the Pilot". Linville plays the role of Major Frank Burns. In one interview, Linville says he based his portrayal of Burns on "every idiot I've ever known." Linville's last M*A*S*H episode, "Fade In, Fade Out," airs. Destroyed by Margaret's marriage to Donald Penobscot, Frank Burns goes crazy, so Colonel Potter sends him to Tokyo for some R&R. There are reports of his bizarre behavior in Tokyo and he never returns. His character is replaced by that of Major Charles Winchester, played by David Ogden Stiers. Marries Melissa Gallant. Marries Deborah Guydon. He is diagnosed with lung cancer. Linville dies at the age of 60 of pneumonia in New York City after complications from lung cancer surgery.