MASH star dies, aged 75

David Ogden Stiers, best known for his role as the arrogant surgeon Major Charles Emerson Winchester III on M*A*S*H, has died.

His agent Mitchell K Stubbs tweeted that the 75-year-old died on Saturday of bladder cancer at his home in Newport, Oregon.

For his work on M*A*S*H, Stiers was twice nominated for an Emmy for outstanding supporting actor in a comedy or variety or music series, in 1981 and 1982, and he earned a third Emmy nomination for his performance in NBC miniseries The First Olympics: Athens 1896 as William Milligan Sloane, the founder of the US Olympic Committee.

In 2009, the actor revealed publicly that he was gay. He told ABC USA at the time that he had hidden his sexuality for a long time because so much of his income had been derived from family-friendly programming, and coming out thus might have had repercussions in the past.

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What a loss to the movie world ..... too bad he couldn't come out as gay for so long.

Great show and a great character. It's funny but without being told I always assumed he was gay. RIP.

never      liked the show,  or thought it very funny,  but hubby loves it,   and still watches the replays,     but that said,   R.I.P.  DAVID SPIERS,  

For what i gathered MASH is still playing in the world i know foxtel do it in australia

dreamer it is on every day,  ALL DAY,    sbs,  or ch,11 i think,     i know i hear it all day coming from another room,  

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