Mitzi McWhorter: What happened to Wayne Rogers' ex-wife?

May 2024 · 2 minute read

Mitzi McWhorter was an actress and also the ex-wife of Wayne Rogers. Mitzi McWhorter was an American actor, known for playing the role of Captain “Trapper” John McIntyre in the CBS television series M*A*S*H and as Dr. Charley Michaels on House Calls.

Mitzi McWhorter: Bio Summary

Full NameMitzi Kay McWhorter
famous asactress and ex-wife of Wayne Rogers
Age85 years old at the time of death
Date of Birth23 April 1935
Date of death20 January 2021 in Bakersfield, California, USA.
Place of Birth United States of America
Zodiac signTaurus
NationalityAmerican
children William Rogers IV, Laura Rogers
Parents Wayne Rogers (m. 1960–1983)

Mitzi McWhorter was born on 23 April 1935 in Skiatook, Oklahoma, United States of America. Aside from being an actress, she was a wife and also a mother of two. as an actress, she is known for Deadline (1959), The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (1956), and Michael Shayne (1960) according to her IMDB profile.

Mitzi McWhorter and Wayne Rogers had two children

Mitzi McWhorter and Wayne Rogers met in New York in the late 1950s. They were both young actors at that time. The couple fell in love and started a relationship which eventually led to their marriage in 1960. After two children – William Rogers IV and Laura Rogers, they end their marriage in 1983.

The reason behind their divorce was not made public, however, they spent more than two decades together. They had been separated for almost four years prior to the divorce. Rogers married his second wife, Amy Hirsh, in 1988. There is no record of Mitzi McWhorter in any other relationship or marriage.

What happened to McWhorter?

McWhorter’s ex-husband Rogger died on December 31, 2015, from complications of pneumonia in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 82. He died exactly one year before fellow M*A*S*H cast member William Christopher. Rogger also shared the same acting stage with actor, screenwriter, and director Alan Alda. Alda wrote and directed numerous episodes of the series M*A*S*H.

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Six years after the death of her ex-husband McWhorter passed away on January 20, 2021, in Bakersfield, California, USA. The cause of her death was not made known to the public. She was 85 years at the time of her death. Mitzi McWhorter was survived by her two children-  William Rogers IV and Laura Rogers.

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