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Wainwright retired from show business in 1990 and died of lung cancer 9 years later at the age of 61.
James Wainwright appeared as Lt. Col. Bingham Lacey in the Season 7 M*A*S*H episode Preventative Medicine.
In 2007, he returned to starting pitching, a role in which he would remain for the rest of his career. He missed the 2011 season due to Tommy John surgery, but emerged as an ace, leading the National League multiple times in wins, innings pitched, and games started.
He died of a stroke on September 2, 1953, fittingly the eighth anniversary of the surrender ceremonies in Tokyo Bay. He was 64. His funeral was held on the lower level of the Memorial Amphitheater in Arlington National Cemetery, and he is buried there.
Now, to make things extra confusing, M*A*S*H featured nine — yes, nine — different actresses as Nurse Able over the course of the series, most notably Judy Farrell, wife of Mike Farrell (B.J. Hunnicutt).