DALLAS — The boots and dog tags Alan Alda wore as the playful and charismatic Hawkeye Pierce during the entire 256-episode run of the hit television show, “M*A*S*H,” sold for $125,000 in a one-lot event at Heritage Auctions, July 28.
Proceeds from the sale go to what has become Alda’s greatest passion: the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science at Stony Brooks University, a 14-year-old center founded by Alda, Stony Brook and the university’s School of Communication and Journalism.
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When Alan Alda, then 36, reported to the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in the summer of 1972 he received two items from wardrobe – a pair of scuffed-up combat boots and a pair of dog tags – that became the only “M*A*S*H” memorabilia he kept from the smash TV series that ended its run in 1983.
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Alda gained fame playing Capt. Benjamin Franklin “Hawkeye” Pierce in the 14-time Emmy-award-winning TV show. During its run, “M*A*S*H” became one of the most beloved shows of all time. Its finale, “Goodbye, Farewell and Amen,” was the most-watched and highest-rated single television episode in U.S. television history at the time. The finale brought in a 125 million viewers.
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