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Wilford Brimley
Anthony Wilford Brimley was an American actor. After serving in the U.S. Marine Corps and working odd jobs in the 1950s, Brimley started working as an extra and stuntman in Western films in the late 1960s. He became an established character actor in the 1970s and 1980s in films such as The China Syndrome (1979), The Thing (1982), Tender Mercies (1983), The Natural (1984), Cocoon (1985), and Cocoon…
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Born 27 September 1934 · Died 1 August 2020 · Q712180
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Yahoo: Precious Cat's 'Wilford Brimley' Face Is So Cute People Can't Take It
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2020· 7 entries
WDBJ: Wilford Brimley, ‘Cocoon’ and ‘Natural’ actor, dies at 85
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collider: Wilford Brimley, Cocoon and Hard Target Actor, Dead at 85
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CBS News: Wilford Brimley, "Cocoon" star and Quaker Oats pitchman, has died at age 85
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Entertainment Tonight: Wilford Brimley, 'Cocoon' Star and Face of Quaker Oats, Dead at 85
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Yahoo: Wilford Brimley, ‘Cocoon’ Star, Dies at 85
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Died 2020-08-01.
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At age 85 after suffering from a kidney condition for two months
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2013· 1 entry
Riders in the Sky partnered with Brimley to produce the album Home on the Range, which featured him singing a variety of country and folk songs
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2009· 1 entry
Founded the nonprofit organization Hands Across the Saddle (HATS) in the Bighorn Basin
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2008· 1 entry
With an award to recognize his lifetime of service
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2004· 1 entry
Self-released the album This Time, The Dream's On Me a collection of jazz standards named after the was title track
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1993· 1 entry
Brimley sang with the Cal State Northridge Jazz Band for a concert benefiting the college's Jazz Endowment Scholarship Fund
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1979· 3 entries
Diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in 1979, Brimley began working to raise awareness of the disease.
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Brimley began working to raise awareness of the disease
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Told the Los Angeles Times that the most he ever earned in a year as an actor was $20,000
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1953· 1 entry
And served in the Aleutian Islands for three years
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1934· 2 entries
The son of Lola (née Nelson) and real estate broker Wilford Brimley
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Born 1934-09-27.
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