96 is a good long run, but you still hate to see an old favorite like Morgan go. Loved him as Colonel Potter, and he was excellent (as others have pointed out) in Ox-Bow Incident and The Shootist. Dragnet was more of a guilty pleasure for me, but he was good in that, as well.
"Rule number one is that in war, young men die. Rule number two is that there's nothing doctors can do to change rule number one."