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William Christopher Dies: Father Mulcahy Actor On ‘M.A.S.H.’ Was 84
Yahoo News ^ | 31 December 2016 | Ross A. Lincoln

Posted on 01/01/2017 7:12:21 AM PST by oh8eleven

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2016 has to be one of the worst for celebrity deaths. As for M*A*S*H*, it's hard to believe so many have died already. RIP ...
1 posted on 01/01/2017 7:12:21 AM PST by oh8eleven
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It is like Star Trek — we are down to listing who is still alive.

2016 seemed particularly cruel to entertainers. Just not the right ones.


2 posted on 01/01/2017 7:17:55 AM PST by freedumb2003 (I have feeling '17 is gonna be a good year)
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Although I thank you for posting this news, because Mr. Christopher was a charming, likable actor, I also think we need to take celebrity worship down a peg or two. So, with that in mind, you can use this link to see the number of deaths worldwide:

• 55.3 million people die each year

• 151,600 people die each day

• 6,316 people die each hour

The only reason we have the impression that more celebrities seem to be dying and frequently is due to the inordinate amount of media coverage their deaths receive.

3 posted on 01/01/2017 7:22:57 AM PST by Avalon Memories (If Russia did influence our election, they did us a huge favor!)
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it's hard to believe so many have died already. RIP ...

And so many are dying that I just kinda assumed were already dead.

I get to mourn them again.

4 posted on 01/01/2017 7:25:59 AM PST by Drew68
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To: Avalon Memories
we need to take celebrity worship down a peg or two
Gheeze, I'll bet you're a fun date. Acknowledging is not worshiping.
5 posted on 01/01/2017 7:33:07 AM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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As Pat O’Brian and Bing Crosby was to the movies and the priesthood, so was William Christopher to television.


6 posted on 01/01/2017 7:34:54 AM PST by mware (RETIRED)
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To: Avalon Memories

The “85 and Alive” list is interesting:

http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com/dead.Nsf/pages-nf/main


7 posted on 01/01/2017 7:36:38 AM PST by bigbob (We have better coverage than Verizon - Can You Hear Us Now?)
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To: oh8eleven

2016 just couldn’t leave without taking another one with it.


8 posted on 01/01/2017 7:40:03 AM PST by rockabyebaby (The next four years will be YUGE!)
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There are those very few actors that's death really touches me.

Jimmy Stewart death hit me like that. Same with Debbie Reynolds and William Christopher. Perhaps it was their sense of modesty.

9 posted on 01/01/2017 7:40:16 AM PST by mware (RETIRED)
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To: Avalon Memories

It is a pet peeve of mine as well. The establishment media uses this as a form of propaganda. To them, a successful actor is very, very important.

A successful military hero is non-existent.

This signals to those listening and reading what is really valued and what is not.

It frosted me no end when a good friend, who was reportedly the second most decorated U.S. soldier in WWII, who had a long and distinguished career, died. He never got a peep on national media.

It is up to us to publish the obituaries of those who have made our society great, to offset this studied indifference by the establishment media.


10 posted on 01/01/2017 7:41:43 AM PST by marktwain
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Jocularity


11 posted on 01/01/2017 7:44:27 AM PST by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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Jocularity

The very first word I thought of when I heard of his death.

12 posted on 01/01/2017 7:47:31 AM PST by mware (RETIRED)
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Me, too. May he Rest In Peace.


13 posted on 01/01/2017 7:48:25 AM PST by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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I don’t know anything about him but he played that part so well the man seemed completely real.

RIP William Christopher.


14 posted on 01/01/2017 7:49:05 AM PST by Beowulf9
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I believe Christopher was actually a Methodist priest.


15 posted on 01/01/2017 7:53:02 AM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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I don’t know anything about him but he played that part so well the man seemed completely real.
Alan Arbus, who played Dr. Sidney Freedman, said that Alan Alda would ask him questions about psychiatry as if he really was one.
16 posted on 01/01/2017 7:59:00 AM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: bigbob

There are some errors on that list. Joan Fontaine, for one, is no longer alive. She died in 2013.


17 posted on 01/01/2017 8:02:55 AM PST by Deo volente ("Our Independence Day is at hand, and it arrives finally on November 8th." Donald Trump)
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Very sad. He was a big advocate for people with autism. He is in a much better place now.


18 posted on 01/01/2017 8:06:40 AM PST by MGunny
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Gheeze, I'll bet you're a fun date. Acknowledging is not worshiping.

First, I come from Los Angeles and have met more than my share of celebrities. Trust me when I say they are just ordinary human beings like the rest of us. They play-act or otherwise entertain for a living. Most are not particularly glamorous or special in any way other than their ability to act and/or entertain. Many are low-lifes.

Second, acknowledging is not worshiping, true. But investing an over-abundance of time and attention to the ever-increasing crowd of people who are called "stars" or "celebrities" these days becomes silly when people say a particular year was tough because a bunch of celebrities died. I just tried to provide the larger context -- that tens of millions of people die every year. Some small percentage of those tens of millions will be famous in their respective countries and/or worldwide. So what? With very rare exceptions, they all will be forgotten in the fullness of time just like the rest of us.

19 posted on 01/01/2017 8:14:43 AM PST by Avalon Memories (If Russia did influence our election, they did us a huge favor!)
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My father hated M.A.S.H. He served in korea from July 10th 1950 to April 1952. He thought it was propaganda to diminish the horror he witnessed perpetrated by “progressives”.

I want to know why we’ve heard very little about theses people sinc January 20th, 2009.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/10/141021-arlington-national-cemetery-iraq-afghanistan-war-ngbooktalk/


20 posted on 01/01/2017 8:41:45 AM PST by lurked_for_a_decade (Imagination is more important than knowledge! ( e_uid == 0 ) != ( e_uid = 0 ). I Read kernel code.)
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