Mash- star David Ogden Stiers dies

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Jollygoodfellow
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Took me a little while to warm to his character but another good one passes on. 

 

Actor David Ogden Stiers, who played Major Winchester in the long-running TV show M*A*S*H, has died aged 75.

Stiers died at his Oregon home yesterday after a "courageous battle with bladder cancer", his agent Mitchell K Stubbs tweeted.

"His talent was only surpassed by his heart," Stubbs wrote.

As well as playing Major Charles Emerson Winchester III in M*A*S*H from 1977 to 1983, Stiers is well known for his voice work.

In Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Stiers voiced Cogsworth and the opening narration.

He voiced Governor Ratcliffe in Pocahontas, the Archdeacon in The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Jumba Jookiba in Lilo & Stitch, and other Disney characters.

https://www.9news.com.au/world/2018/03/04/13/53/mash-star-david-ogden-stiers-dies-aged-75

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Eddie1
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3 minutes ago, Jollygoodfellow said:

Took me a little while to warm to his character but another good one passes on. 

 

Actor David Ogden Stiers, who played Major Winchester in the long-running TV show M*A*S*H, has died aged 75.

Stiers died at his Oregon home yesterday after a "courageous battle with bladder cancer", his agent Mitchell K Stubbs tweeted.

"His talent was only surpassed by his heart," Stubbs wrote.

As well as playing Major Charles Emerson Winchester III in M*A*S*H from 1977 to 1983, Stiers is well known for his voice work.

In Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Stiers voiced Cogsworth and the opening narration.

He voiced Governor Ratcliffe in Pocahontas, the Archdeacon in The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Jumba Jookiba in Lilo & Stitch, and other Disney characters.

https://www.9news.com.au/world/2018/03/04/13/53/mash-star-david-ogden-stiers-dies-aged-75

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Thanks for the post JGF, in my opinion Mash is one of the best shows ever on tv, I never get tired of watching it.  Once he settled in Winchester was a class act, a great addition to the programme.

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GeoffH
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Mash was one of my favorite shows back in the day, and like others it took me a while to start enjoying the character but after a while he became a genuinely valuable part of the show.

 

Sad to hear he's gone (it seems like more and more of the actors I know are passing...)

 

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2 minutes ago, GeoffH said:

Sad to hear he's gone (it seems like more and more of the actors I know are passing...)

 

Yes Geoff, it was one of the best shows I've watched and never got tired of watching repeat episodes. Do you think that line might be telling us something.

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GeoffH
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4 minutes ago, Clermont said:

Do you think that line might be telling us something.

 

Oh... I know it is, but we're still here for now and that's better than the alternative (at least for most of us).

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