🐴 A Love Story That Didn’t End When the Cameras Stopped Rolling 🎬💛
When MASH ended in 1983, one cast member didn’t understand why everyone was gone Colonel Potter’s beloved horse, Sophie. 💔
For years, she wasn’t just a prop. Actor Harry Morgan (Colonel Potter) adored her feeding her apples 🍎, brushing her coat, and whispering to her between takes. She was family.
But when filming ended and everyone left, Sophie stayed behind. She stopped eating… just stood quietly in her stall, mourning the people she’d come to love. 😢
When Harry heard what was happening, he didn’t hesitate. He drove straight to see her. The moment Sophie heard his voice, she lifted her head her eyes lit up and she pressed her face against his chest. 🥹❤️
Harry stayed with her all day, feeding her and comforting her. Then he made a decision from the heart he bought Sophie and took her home so she could live out her life peacefully on his ranch. 🌾🐎
For the rest of her days, Sophie roamed free, loved and cared for until the very end.
Harry Morgan didn’t just play a kind man on screen he was one.
And in the end, he and Sophie truly rode off into the sunset together. 🌅💞~.