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Donald Shaffer, inspiration for 'M*A*S*H's Radar O'Reilly character, dead at 92 – KIRO 7 News Seattle
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TIL Gary Burghoff (who played Radar on MASH) has a deformed left hand. He hid it throughout his entire run on the series because it would have made Radar unfit for military
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