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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

William Christopher, the actor best known as Father Mulcahy on the classic sitcom M.A.S.H., died today following a battle with lung cancer. He was 84, and died in his Pasadena home according to his son, John, who made the news public.

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To: MGunny
Indeed he was. His book Mixed Blessings recounts the experiences of raising his son Ned who has autism.

Just by reading the reviews of his book you can see what a gentle man he really was.

His MASH character was not too far off from real life.

21 posted on 01/01/2017 8:50:45 AM PST by mware (RETIRED)
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To: mware

Me, too.


22 posted on 01/01/2017 8:57:10 AM PST by Polyxene (Out of the depths I have cried to Thee, O Lord; Lord, hear my voice.)
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To: lurked_for_a_decade
I do not mean to portray any disrespect to William Christopher since one should never speak ill of the dead. He was a fine actor. The show however was pure anti war leftist propaganda as evidenced by the political ravings of many of its former cast members as recently as the last electoral college vote.

The Korean war was not the “Forgotten war”, it was the “Forgotten Victory” the next victory after the Berlin Airlift of the cold war. Leftists will never let a victory go untarnished. They must diminish them anyway they can. I for one an sick of it.

23 posted on 01/01/2017 9:00:10 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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To: lurked_for_a_decade

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZuPrQBSDCs


24 posted on 01/01/2017 9:07:07 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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To: mware
The very first word I thought of when I heard of his death.

Leviticus 10. "Do not drink wine or strong drink, thou "nor thy sons with thee "when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die."

25 posted on 01/01/2017 9:47:34 AM PST by PGR88
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To: lurked_for_a_decade
That was an interesting article you linked to. What jumped out at me from it?

The first casualty from Iraq buried in sec. 60 was named Russell Rippetoe. He was an Army ranger, and he was killed very early in the fighting in Iraq, in March 2003. He was at a checkpoint on the Iraq-Syria border where they were screening people. He approached a car....But in any event, one of the people in the car was outfitted with a suicide vest and blew herself and the car up, killing Russell Rippetoe.

The very first casualty was from a woman with a suicide vest blowing herself up. Not an Iraq Army regular or Saddam's Republican Guard. That alone should have told us volumes about exactly who we were fighting and what we got ourselves involved in there.

26 posted on 01/01/2017 9:54:14 AM PST by PGR88
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To: PGR88
It says the first casualty “buried at Arlington”. The buried at Arlington is rather important. I seriously doubt that he was the first casualty of the war.

I posted this particular article merely to point out the fact that we only seem to hear from the MSM when it generates revenue, benifits “progressives” or fills in/wastes time.

We saw and heard casualty reports almost nightly when Bush was CIC; since Obama took over ....... crickets.

27 posted on 01/01/2017 10:08:27 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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To: oh8eleven
If I was an actor invited to be on the cast of MASH I would have most wanted the role of Major Sidney Friedman or Father Mulcahey.
28 posted on 01/01/2017 1:35:02 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Deplorables' Lives Matter)
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To: lurked_for_a_decade
Yikes! Watched the video.Stories like this do two things to me 1) make me damn proud to be an American and 2) remind me of how small and selfish I am.
29 posted on 01/01/2017 1:43:22 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Deplorables' Lives Matter)
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To: Gay State Conservative
please read my post at #19 in this thread:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3509816/posts#19

My father would leave the room when MASH was on. He felt that it was a slap in the face to all the men and women who sacrificed so much and that that slap was to further a progressive/liberal/socialist/communist agenda.

My father was about 10 miles west of Father Kapaun at the battle of Unsan on Nov 2, 1950. That 10 miles meant the difference between life and death.

Making a joke out of great sacrifice to further a political agenda is unacceptable in my fathers and my book. Too high of a price was paid. Politics should stop at the shore when Americans are in harms way, Even years later and Democrats are the worst offenders.

I despise the left. The left gets people killed - WW1, WW11, Korea, Vietnam and failing to secure the peace post Bushs Irag and Afghanistan. Sorry, Just my humble opinion.

30 posted on 01/01/2017 9:54:54 PM 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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To: lurked_for_a_decade

Sorry read post 20.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3509816/posts#20


31 posted on 01/01/2017 9:57:24 PM 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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To: Avalon Memories

Very true.


32 posted on 01/01/2017 9:57:46 PM PST by Twink
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To: lurked_for_a_decade

Mansions of the Lord.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGoSWn1tHeo


33 posted on 01/01/2017 10:02:39 PM 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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To: marktwain

Well said.

Also, those who deserve it don’t need it. The rest is just frou frou crap, imo.

My Dad didn’t want a military funeral. He said if he had died fighting during the War (WWII) then fine but, he didn’t so he didn’t think that was necessary for him. My oldest brother really wanted us to have that for him because he deserved it. We all got that, his feelings on it, but regardless, it wasn’t what my Dad wanted. And that’s all that counted in the end.

As for the MASH TV show, my Dad hated it (mostly Alan Alda, lol). I didn’t understand it at the time. Anyway, I liked the show, thought it was funny as a teen. I started watching when it was in syndication/reruns. My Dad watched with me a few times and saw it differently, from my perspective...as a funny show not based in reality. 


34 posted on 01/01/2017 10:11:59 PM PST by Twink
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To: Avalon Memories

Very well said!


35 posted on 01/01/2017 10:13:30 PM PST by Twink
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To: lurked_for_a_decade

Yep. The show was anti war leftist crap which is why my Dad hated it (WWII vet).

And he was just that. An actor. I liked his character in the show and know nothing about the man who portrayed that character.

As long as we know this, it’s harmless. Far too many don’t seem to realize that.


36 posted on 01/01/2017 10:19:33 PM PST by Twink
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To: lurked_for_a_decade
My father would leave the room when MASH was on

Yup,I hear ya.MASH was,in fact,one giant "The US IS THE BAD GUY IN VIETNAM" exercise.And there can be no doubt that most,if not all,of the people connected with it were major league Maoists (witness the recent video by Farrell and Swit).

37 posted on 01/02/2017 5:38:27 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Deplorables' Lives Matter)
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To: Twink
Very well said!

Thank you. :)

38 posted on 01/02/2017 5:05:59 PM PST by Avalon Memories (If Russia did influence our election, they did us a huge favor!)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Sidney Freeman was my favorite MASH character. His scenes with Hawkeye in the MASH finale were intense.

“Ladies and gentlemen, take my advice, pull down your pants, and slide on the ice.”


39 posted on 01/02/2017 5:11:17 PM PST by dfwgator
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