RIP David Ogden Stiers (Major Charles Emerson Winchester)

[Dback Jon]

Very sad - only 75, died of bladder cancer.

Actor from M*A*S*H - one of my favorite shows.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/04/obituaries/david-ogden-stiers-mash-dies.html


David Ogden Stiers, the tall, balding, baritone-voiced actor who brought articulate, somewhat snobbish comic dignity to six seasons of the acclaimed television series “M*A*S*H,” died on Saturday at his home in Newport, Ore., a small coastal city southwest of Salem. He was 75.

His death was announced on Twitter by his agent, Mitchell K. Stubbs, who said the cause was bladder cancer.

 

[Dback Jon]

http://deadline.com/2018/03/alan-alda-remembers-david-ogden-stiers-former-mash-colleague-1202310730/

“I remember how you skateboarded to work every day down busy LA streets,” Alda tweeted. “How, once you glided into Stage 9, you were Winchester to your core. How gentle you were, how kind, except when devising the most vicious practical jokes. We love you, David. Goodbye.”

 

[Superbone]

He was Fraiser before Fraiser. RIP

 

[Kel Varnsen]

He was Fraiser before Fraiser. RIP

I think he even played a role in which it seemed as if he was Frasier’s real dad.

 

[MrYeahBut]

My favorite quote of his... RIP

"But know this. You can cut me off from the civilized world. You can incarcerate me with two moronic cellmates. You can torture me with your thrice daily swill, but you cannot break the spirit of a Winchester. My voice shall be heard from this wilderness and I shall be delivered from this fetid and festering sewer.”

 

[Stout]

He was masterful, and M*A*S*H is my favorite series of all time. This is just so bloody awful.

 

[Dback Jon]

He was masterful, and M*A*S*H is my favorite series of all time. This is just so bloody awful.

I know - and in reality, much of the remaining cast is older.
He was 34 when cast - seemed much older at the time.

Remaining cast members:

Alan Alda - 82
Loretta Swit - 80
Jamie Farr - 83
Mike Farrell - 79
Gary Burghoff - 74

The rest of the main cast (William Christopher, Wayne Rogers, McLean Stevenson, Larry Linville, Harry Morgan) are already gone.

 

[Linderbee]

While M*A*S*H will always be my favorite, he was also in my all-time favorite Disney movie, doing the voice of Cogsworth in Beauty and the Beast (the clock). One of my favorite lines to just throw out sometimes is his: "...as I always say, if it's not Baroque, don't fix it!"

RIP, sir. Loved your work.

 

[Covert Rain]

R.I.P.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

RIP. Loved him in MASH and the TV series The Dead Zone. Also the film Better Off Dead.

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[Bada0Bing]

Very sad - only 75, died of bladder cancer.

Actor from M*A*S*H - one of my favorite shows.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/04/obituaries/david-ogden-stiers-mash-dies.html


David Ogden Stiers, the tall, balding, baritone-voiced actor who brought articulate, somewhat snobbish comic dignity to six seasons of the acclaimed television series “M*A*S*H,” died on Saturday at his home in Newport, Ore., a small coastal city southwest of Salem. He was 75.

His death was announced on Twitter by his agent, Mitchell K. Stubbs, who said the cause was bladder cancer.

Wow, Newport OR. I used to live there. Small town of about 10k.

Loved him in Better Off Dead. The cereal box scene was a classic.

 

[Dback Jon]

Wow, Newport OR. I used to live there. Small town of about 10k.

Loved him in Better Off Dead. The cereal box scene was a classic.

Yup - love that movie, and he was great in it