I checked him out on Wikipedia. (Reply #4)

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Sun Mar 4, 2018, 04:09 PM

Aristus (54,337 posts)

4. I checked him out on Wikipedia.

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.

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36 replies	Author	Time	Post
Alan Alda on Twitter [View all]	elleng	Mar 2018	OP
Loretta Switt's statement:	hlthe2b	Mar 2018	#1
;-(	elleng	Mar 2018	#2
It's so nice when people you worked with genuinely	malaise	Mar 2018	#5
sad sigh My childhood is fading away with each of these losses.	GreenPartyVoter	Mar 2018	#3
Yes, that IS what it feels like.	FailureToCommunicate	Mar 2018	#23
I checked him out on Wikipedia.	Aristus	Mar 2018	#4
Watching MASH almost nightly on MeTV - rerun Network.	underpants	Mar 2018	#7
Same here!	Fritz Walter	Mar 2018	#10
MASH is timeless	DownriverDem	Mar 2018	#31
+1	Lucinda	Mar 2018	#14
I found out about his sexuality	Liberalagogo	Mar 2018	#28
Remember him well. Love that show. Mom watched reruns til she died at 92 in 05	bobbieinok	Mar 2018	#6
Wonderful show.	llmart	Mar 2018	#8
One of the greatest shows ever to air on TV . .	OldManTarHeel	Mar 2018	#9
The show lasted longer than the war,	alfredo	Mar 2018	#20
Welcome to DU, OldManTarHeel!	calimary	Mar 2018	#29
K&R	mcar	Mar 2018	#11
One of my all time favorite shows	mcar	Mar 2018	#12
TY KNR	Lucinda	Mar 2018	#13
Loved that show and David Ogden Stiers	mountain grammy	Mar 2018	#15
Me too!	burrowowl	Mar 2018	#30
The Hollywood Reporter did a piece on the 35th anniversary of the Finale (February):	hlthe2b	Mar 2018	#16
That does it. I'm watching it again.	NastyRiffraff	Mar 2018	#17
I'm watching The West Wing on Netflix.	mnhtnbb	Mar 2018	#22
K & R	LAS14	Mar 2018	#18
Lump in the throat time.	sinkingfeeling	Mar 2018	#19
Thanks for sharing that	RandomAccess	Mar 2018	#21
What's matter?	turbinetree	Mar 2018	#24
Shoot. From the late Mr. Stiers...	camelfan	Mar 2018	#32
R.I.P. Mr. Stiers.	dae	Mar 2018	#25
He was gifted with accents.	LisaM	Mar 2018	#26
When "Doc Hollywood" had just came out, the cast was talking about the movie.	tonyt53	Mar 2018	#27
requiescat in pace	niyad	Mar 2018	#33
RIP to one of my favorites	dbackjon	Mar 2018	#34
RIP David Ogden Stiers	Lifelong Protester	Mar 2018	#35
Dr Winchester's bed side manner.	sarge43	Mar 2018	#36

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