{"id":2691306,"date":"2026-10-25T12:44:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T16:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mash-and-top-gun-star-dead-at-93\/"},"modified":"2026-10-25T12:44:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T16:44:00","slug":"mash-and-top-gun-star-dead-at-93","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mash-and-top-gun-star-dead-at-93\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;MASH&#8217; and &#8216;Top Gun&#8217; Star Dead at 93"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmash-and-top-gun-star-dead-at-93%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2691306&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>After spending decades in millions of American homes as families stepped back from life to be thrilled in \u201cTop Gun\u201d or scared stiff in \u201cAlien,\u201d actor Tom Skerritt has died at the age of 93.<\/p>\n<p>Skerritt, who won an Emmy playing Sheriff Jimmy Brock in \u201cPicket Fences,\u201d died Wednesday of natural causes, his family said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/pop-culture\/pop-culture-news\/tom-skerritt-star-alien-top-gun-dies-93-rcna605077\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile the world knew Tom through his remarkable acting career, we knew him for his humor, curiosity, wisdom, generosity, and the love he brought into our lives,\u201d his family said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe cared deeply about imagination, creativity, storytelling, service, veterans, the natural world, and helping others find and  their own voices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Skerritt played Capt. Duke Forrest in \u201cM*A*S*H.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also was Tom Cruise\u2019s flight instructor in the original \u201cTop Gun\u201d and Capt. Dallas in the 1979 classic \u201cAlien.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cGood Morning Gentlemen\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sad to hear of the passing of Tom Skerritt famous for being \u2018Viper\u2019 and so many other great roles. Some may not know that he was actually an Air Force veteran himself and whilst he was never a flyer, his brother flew P-51\u2019s in WW2. Sad he never made it to any of the sequels. Maybe a mention or nod to him would be appropriate if they ever do another.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Scott Bateman MBE (@scottiebateman) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/scottiebateman\/status\/2113558526320582860?\">October 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In a 2020 interview, Skerritt was asked if he had any life lessons he would impart to others, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/radaronline.com\/p\/tom-skerritt-making-the-most-out-of-life-interview-before-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Radar Online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve lived through everything, so what regrets could I have? I\u2019m healthy and reasonably sane. Lessons? Make the most out of every day,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Asked about retirement at the time, he replied, \u201cI don\u2019t know what the hell that means. Your life changes, and you try to fill it up as much as you possibly can.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He remarked that making \u201cSteel Magnolias\u201d was an experience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing with very strong-willed, strong-minded women, I learned to just keep my place,\u201d Skerritt joked.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It\u2019s interesting that the @CNN headline for Tom Skerritt was \u201cEveryman actor of Alien (1979) and Picket Fences dies at 93.\u201d \ud83e\udd14<\/p>\n<p>GenX remembers him from Top Gun (1986) and later in A River Runs Through It (1992) dir. by Robert Redford. But his breakthrough role came as Duke Forrest in Robert Altman\u2019s M*A*S*H (1970) with Donald Sutherland and Elliott Gould. #RIPTomSkerritt<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Golden Age \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83d\udc4d (@shonkori) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/shonkori\/status\/2113374604798357593?\">October 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cEach of us were renting a house in Louisiana and each one [hosted] dinner on a Saturday night. I\u2019d just go listen to them talk, and it was quite wonderful to be around strong women. You begin to realize that women should be running the country right now,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, he spoke to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/09\/25\/1040669131\/tom-skerritt-grapples-with-his-own-death-in-east-of-the-mountains\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NPR<\/a> about mortality in the context of a character nearing death in \u201cEast of the Mountains.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been close to it myself. Each time \u2014 I might have had typhoid fever, malaria, that kind of thing, wandering with malaria in the jungles in Philippine, saying, so that\u2019s why I\u2019m doing this not very good movie, just for me to be here,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I\u2019m looking up to the stars and say, ah, it was for me to see the southern hemisphere for the first time and for me to smell the flower, the growth that\u2019s in the jungle. 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