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Larry Linville played Major Franklin Marion Burns for 121 episodes of the CBS television series M*A*S*H (1972-83). Linville had only signed on for 5 years. Even though he was offered an extension, he did not take it. Burns had a mental breakdown after the marriage of Hotlips to Donald Penobscot and was transferred stateside to a Veteran's Hospital.
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he was moved to a new regiment and was promoted
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