M*A*S*H Star Dies at 75

David Ogden Stiers, a prolific actor best known for playing a surgeon on the M*A*S*H television series, has died at age 75.

As reported in The Guardian, the actor’s agent Mitchell Stubbs confirmed Saturday night in an email, that Stiers died after battling bladder cancer at his home in Newport, Oregon.

Stiers played the aristocratic Maj Charles Emerson Winchester III on M*A*S*H.  He came in for the 6th. season replacing Larry Linville.

Stiers’ character, although coming off arrogant, also showed a degree of empathy and wit that his predecessor lacked.