[Magdalen] RIP Charles Emerson Winchester III, 75.

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

That Mozart Clarinet Quintet flew off the shelves after that program, and
rightly so. It's a marvelous, delicious piece.

I had already figured out the Charles was a good man, but my opinion was
cemented when the Korean soldier musicians were brought back to the Mash
dead and dying.
Charles sees them, recognizes them and furiously exclaims, "These were not
soldiers; they were MUSICIANS!!" And he goes into his tent and puts on a
record to salve his spirit, but as it begins to play, he grabs it a smashes
it in rage and frustration at the stupidity and futility of war.
A very wonderful actor to bring such depth to that character. I liked and
enjoyed Hawkeye and Trapper. But I loved Charles.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Sun, Mar 4, 2018 at 11:23 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I hope it will be that wonderful Mozart chamber piece that he rehearsed
> with the Korean POWs...
>
> One of the most moving scenes in the whole series was in the last episode
> when they were all on the back of the truck taking them to a POW camp.
> Winchester was watching them leave, and they were playing that piece as
> they rode away.
>
> No matter how many times I’ve seen it, it makes me cry...tearing up even
> now. And whenever I hear the piece, I picture that scene.
>
> His character was amazing...
>
> > On Mar 4, 2018, at 11:13 AM, M J _Mike_ Logsdon <mjl at ix.netcom.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > No other identification required.
> >
> > Leaves very few of the main clan left.
> >
> > I shall play a classical record today.
> >
> > M J (Mike) Logsdon.
> >
> > "Aaugh[.]" -- Charles Brown.
> > "Avoid dull needles and use a soft cloth." -- E Kovacs.
> > "...[My mouth is a] shithole..." -- 45th US President.
>