Alan Alda on Twitter

His “MASH” co-star Loretta Swit, who played “Hot Lips,” remembered him in a statement.

“It is devastating, always, to lose one of us,” she said. “He was an extraordinary person, a gifted actor, phenomenal musician, and my sweet, dear shy friend, who kiddingly called me Letitia. Working with him was an adventure. He was exceptional. I’m hurting. We all are.”

love or loved you.

I hadn't know he was gay.

It's sad that he had to hide it for so long. I hope coming out gave him happiness.

I remember when he started on M*A*S*H. I thought he was going to be another bumbling, incompetent surgeon like Frank Burns. I was pleasantly surprised that they wrote him as a brilliant surgeon and a curmudgeon with a heart of gold. It was a good fit.

I knew he came out but I had no idea about the skateboarding. That's hilarious.

I’ll take well written, superbly executed (produced, directed, ensemble-acted) reruns over what passes for entertainment today. Three years ago, I cut cable because I grew weary of paying hundreds of hard-earned dollars every month for hundreds of mediocre or worse (Faux Gnus, religious, merchandising) streams of electronic dysentery. Never regretted that decision. Because I can pick up MeTV and other local channels on my digital-broadcast antenna (in my attic), I am not subjected to mind-numbing tedium those evenings when I’m home — and tear my attention away from one screen to focus on another.

I understand why Mr. Stiers waited until later to come out. The 70s and early 80s might have been revolutionary in some aspects of sexuality, but even in the entertainment industry, coming out could have been a severely — or even fatal — career-limiting-gesture.

Rest In Peace, David. The world is a better place because of your contributions.

The way it was done will live on for years. It started during the end of the Viet Nam War and the surgeons who were anti war fit the mood of the country perfectly.

back in the 80s when I was in college. Some guy I knew there had a fling with him. I would have paid good money to see David skate down Hollywood Boulevard.

I loved all the major characters and the story lines. Every once in awhile I catch the reruns. It had a definite antiwar message throughout.

They didn't need to use four letter words every other sentence or explicit sex to put together a good show.

David Ogden Stiers

RIP

I agree! That and all the various "Star Trek" series - we'd watch them all night. Doze off to them, even.

"M*A*S*H" was a WUNNNNNderful series. The characters were so richly developed and portrayed. And his was one of my favorites.

He actually was featured on one "Star Trek: The Next Generation" episodes. A bittersweet episode in which he played a gentle-hearted alien with whom Lwaxana Troi (Majel Barrett) fell in love. A really good one.

Rest in peace..

Here's some quotes from that re: Stiers from Jamie Farr (Klinger) and Mike Farrell (Bj Hunnicutt) and the full piece link follows:



https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/mash-oral-history-untold-stories-one-tvs-important-shows-1086322

One of my favorite TV shows of all time, along with West Wing.

Love watching reruns of MASH.

I'm old enough to remember MASH. Was a contestant on a game show way back when and Jamie Farr was my celebrity partner. We didn't win but it was fun.

The skateboarding thing is hilarious to me -- IMPOSSIBLE for me to imagine him on a skateboard.

Amazing that Alda could capture such an all-encompassing portrait in so few words.

to the late Mr. John Mahoney. Sigh.

I saw him on an old "Murder, She Wrote" just a couple of nights ago and he was doing a passable Russian accent (or at least it sounded like it to me).

Somebody stated that David was the same in real life as he was in the movie - he didn't have to act.

M*A*S*H was something I watched with my parents. Mom loves it, and still watches the DVD's I bought her over the years.

Loved M*A*S*H, still do.

Peaceful passage Major and thank you.