Another one gone in 2020.
https://variety.com/2020/film/news/wilford-brimley-dead-dies-the-natural-cocoon-1234723135/
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New York, NY
Diabetus got him
That dude made a great career of playing old. He was like 40 in the Thing...and 50s for Cocoon? Shoulda won an Oscar !
Quoted from LTG:The Natural
That would be one of my favorite rolls of his. Great movie.
Quoted from o-din:That would be one of my favorite rolls of his. Great movie.
Was he a Parker House or a Crescent in that one? 
Quoted from EMsInKC:Was he a Parker House or a Crescent in that one?
Probably an egg role.
I didnt know my grandfathers, so when I was young, I felt he was the Grandpa I would have liked to have had....RIP.
I had nothing but respect for the guy until I read this connected with him. Now, not so much...
https://www.deseret.com/1998/11/2/19409984/brimley-fights-for-rights-of-cockfighters
Quoted from Stones:Remember him in The Natural? Loved him in this one....RIP
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I should have been a farmer...
Quoted from CrazyLevi:Diabetus got him
That dude made a great career of playing old. He was like 40 in the Thing...and 50s for Cocoon? Shoulda won an Oscar !
My wife and I did the math last night and all she could was “WTf, he was the same age you are now in Cocoon “. Unreal
And for those of you joking about oatmeal. About 20 yrs ago my dr was freaking out about my cholesterol levels. Wanted to put me on statins. I said she should give a year to excecise and make some changes. A year later she couldn’t believe how improved my levels were. She wanted to know what my excercise regimen was. I told her all I did was wake up every morning and eat oatmeal or Cheerios. She was in shock.
That guy from the day time Liberty Medical commercials? Who will sell my grandpappy his catheters? RIP. 
He was superb in “The Natural.” They could have named the movie after him as a natural at playing an old-school baseball manager.
Quoted from Friengineer:Fuck yeah! He was great in the Thing!
Watch Clark.......
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