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08-02-2020, 11:18 AM
https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/wilford-brimley-the-natural-and-cocoon-star-dies-at-85/ar-BB17sYUZ?li=BBnb7Kz

Actor Wilford Brimley, who appeared in movies such as Cocoon, The Natural, and The Firm, and who touted the benefits of Quaker Oats in TV commercials, has passed away at age 85.

jk3521
08-02-2020, 01:00 PM
https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/wilford-brimley-the-natural-and-cocoon-star-dies-at-85/ar-BB17sYUZ?li=BBnb7Kz

Actor Wilford Brimley, who appeared in movies such as Cocoon, The Natural, and The Firm, and who touted the benefits of Quaker Oats in TV commercials, has passed away at age 85.

Seems like he has always been "an old man", even when I was a young man.

rastajenk
08-02-2020, 01:52 PM
This morning Instapundit had a post about just that, jk:

https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/391035/#respond

Brimley was also the inspiration for “the Brimley/Cocoon Line Calculator,” which notes that “When ‘Cocoon‘ reached theaters on June 21, 1985, Wilford Brimley was 18,530 days old (50 years, 9 months and 6 days),” but because of his grizzled appearance, played a character much older than Brimley’s actual age at the time.