Harry Morgan dies at age 96

Harry Morgan, best known to those born after about 1960 as Col. Sherman Potter on M*A*S*H, died Wednesday from pneumonia at the formidable age of 96.

Before he joined the Korean War effort (TV version) Morgan was well known to an earlier generation of TV viewers as Joe Friday's trusty sidekick Bill Gannon on the original "Dragnet" series. He also had a long and distinguished movie career appearing in more than 50 films including the classics "High Noon" and "Inherit the Wind".