For many viewers, Patrick Adiarte remains Ho-Jon, the young Korean character from M*A*S*H.

But his career also reached Broadway through The King and I and Flower Drum Song, connecting him to major works of American musical theater.

His screen appearances and musical performances reveal a performer whose range extended beyond the television role that became his most familiar calling card.

Those credits are not footnotes; they are essential parts of the picture.

Honoring Adiarte does not require turning his death into a spectacle or attaching invented drama to his life.

It requires attention to the work he left behind, including performances that some longtime fans may never have encountered.

Watching again, or discovering an unfamiliar credit, offers something more meaningful than a passing tribute.

It lets the actor emerge from behind a beloved character and reminds us that a familiar face can hold a much larger story than we remember.