Love Gets the Final Word
William Christopher & Barbara: The Morning She Shaved His Head — And Gave Him Back His CourageThe first month of chemo was the hardest.Not because of…
The Lifeline That Never Really Broke
Alan Alda Texted William Christopher Every Morning for 547 Days… Until the Day the ‘Read’ Never Came 7:00 a.m.Alan Alda was standing in his kitchen, waiting for the…
A Silent Nod, A Final Farewell
“The Last Dinner Together” — The Night Alan Alda Knew Something Was Ending Summer, 2016.William Christopher was still strong enough to go out.Not strong like he used…
A Father’s Comfort at the End
The tear that broke the “Iron Major” Loretta Swit’s final goodbye to Colonel PotterOn screen, Loretta Swit was Major Margaret Houlihan — disciplined, sharp, unshakable.She was the steel…
The Final Note in Oregon
They Rewatched the MAS*H Finale at David Ogden Stiers’ Bedside… And No One Was Ready for His Final Words Winter 2018. Oregon. Rain on the windows.It was…
The Genius Who Chose to Be the Punching Bag
On His Deathbed, Larry Linville Made Alan Alda Promise Just One Thing… And It Was Pure Frank Burns Larry Linville was 60 years old.Stage IV lung…
Finding the Heart of Winchester
“They Threw Gauze at Me… and That’s When I Knew I Belonged.” — David Ogden Stiers and the Moment the 4077th Let Him In When David Ogden…
How Klinger Won Over the 4077th (And Loretta’s Mom)
In “M*A*S*H: The Comedy That Changed Television,” Gary Burghoff said that he hated the character of Klinger at first. Meanwhile, Loretta Swit said that Klinger was…
Always Our Hawkeye
No matter how old he gets he will always be our HawkeyeHere is a continuation of that beautiful thought, expanding it into a full tribute that…
More Than Co-stars, Always Family
Alan Alda Was 83 and Sick — But He Drove 6 Hours to Sit Beside Kellye Nakahara When Alan Alda heard that Kellye Nakahara had cancer, he…