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  • Actor Alan Alda says he has Parkinson's disease

    07/31/2018 6:33:22 AM PDT · by SMGFan · 83 replies
    ABC ^ | July 31, 2018
    Alan Alda announced Tuesday that he has Parkinson's disease. Alda -- the Emmy award-winning actor who starred in the long-running series "M.A.S.H." as beloved combat doctor Hawkeye Pierce -- said in an interview on "CBS This Morning" that he was diagnosed with Parkinson's in 2015.
  • Evansville anesthesiologist Dale Drake, inspiration for 'M*A*S*H,' dies at 93

    06/08/2018 10:00:50 PM PDT · by Kartographer · 18 replies
    Courier & Press ^ | 6/6/18 | Noah Stubbs
    hough his impact during the Korean War was significant, Michael Drake said his father, Dale, was not a volunteer. "He was drafted into the Army to serve as an anesthesiology physician. That was his first job," said Michael, who himself is an anesthesiologist in Evansville. Dr. Dale Drake, who passed away on Tuesday, was stationed in the 8055 MASH unit in Korea. He was 93 at his death. Dale, along with his wife, Cathy — who worked in the same unit — would later help Hollywood shape the way America saw the Korean War. About 10 years after Korea, the...