David Ogden Stiers, best known for his role as the arrogant Army surgeon Maj. Charles Emerson Winchester III on “M*A*S*H,” died Saturday. His agent tweeted that he died of bladder cancer at his home in Newport, Ore., according to Variety. For his work on the sitcom set in the Korean War, Stiers was twice Emmy-nominated for outstanding supporting actor in a comedy or variety or music series, in 1981 and 1982. On “M*A*S*H,” Stiers’ Maj. Winchester was witty where his predecessor, Frank Burns, had been vapid. David Allen Ogden Stiers was born not in New England but in Peoria, Ill., Variety said, though the family moved to Eugene, Ore., while he was in high school.

Source: Fox News March 04, 2018 03:22 UTC