VIDEO : 'M*A*S*H's David Ogden Stiers Remembered

Although a role can't define an actor, an actor can define a role. That's what David Ogden Stiers defined the role of M*A*S*H favorite Major Charles Emerson Winchester III. Stiers and the CBS drama's writers created a brilliant surgeon with a rather aloof disposition. Stiers died March 3 after a battle with bladder cancer.
The members of the M*A*S*H family remembered Stiers' as reclusive with a private nature balanced by his intelligence and classically trained talent. Similar to his character, those close to him said he could come off as standoffish when you first met him but that was more shyness than anything else. They recalled that once the walls came down, you saw a sweet, tender man.