R.I.P., Wilford.

Yeah, he was great. Always enjoyed Wilford.

R.I.P., Wilford.

R.I.P.

RIP

Rest easily, Wilford. Enjoyed him in The Natural as well as many other offerings, even his commercials
as “the diabeetus man” for Liberty Mutual were a hoot, as were the parodies people made of them.

Now I can move up 1 on the curmudgeon chart.
RIP.

He was actually only 29 years old in Cocoon.

RIP. The man looked like he was over 60 since 1980.

Got to admit, I was surprised he was only 85.

But then he wore make up to make himself look older in some roles (most try to look younger).

I read a short article with Ron Howard commenting that in Cocoon Brimley convinced Howard to let him do the fishing scene with his grandson without a script. This scene makes me teary ever time I watch it.



Then I ran across an appearance of his on Craig Ferguson's show. Totally worth watching to the end.

RIP.

I remember when he was on Ferguson's show. They'd been making fun of the commercials for a while, but they were able to get him on the show. Ferguson was a great interviewer.