RIP David Odgen Stilers (75) and Sir Roger Bannister (88)

[Sanji Himura]

David Odgen Stilers, best known as Major Charles Emerson Winchester, a surgeon on the TV show M.A.S.H. passed away yesterday at the age of 75 after battling bladder cancer.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/04/obituaries/david-ogden-stiers-mash-dies.html

Also passing away yesterday was Sir Roger Bannister, the first man who broke the four-minute mile barrier in 1954. He passed quietly after a battle with Parkinson's, according to the BBC.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/43273249

 

[Rallywagon]

I think autocorrect got the better of you...
Sad to hear about both. Not sure who Bannister was, but I'm a huge fan of mash and bummed to hear of the passing of Stiers.

 

[TenEightyOne]

Not sure who Bannister was

First human to run a four-minute-mile.

 

[UKMikey]

First human to run a four-minute-mile.

It's right up there in the original post. I never watched M*A*S*H but like many British kids I learnt about Bannister in school.

 

[TenEightyOne]

It's right up there in the original post.

That actually says "man". I'm having a very autistic day, unfortunately.

 

[UKMikey]

That actually says "man". I'm having a very autistic day, unfortunately.

My commiserations.

 

[Johnnypenso]

First human to run a four-minute-mile.

You missed Parkinpersons.

 

[Rallywagon]

That actually says "man". I'm having a very autistic day, unfortunately.

But your fix also says man... maybe first hominid?

 

[Johnnypenso]

But your fix also says man... maybe first hominid?

So the first huperson to run the four minute mile succumbed to Parkinpersons. Might as well go full Rainman.

 

[Rallywagon]

Well, except... huperson... son? I mean, let's be honest, this ridiculous gender mess can really be a slippery slope...

 

[Johnnypenso]

Well, except... huperson... son? I mean, let's be honest, this ridiculous gender mess can really be a slippery slope...

The "son" at the end of a name is known as a patronymic. In short, a father named Parkin and the son named Parkinson. All part of our dastardly patriarchal history.