Actor Wilford Brimley, who starred in more than 70 roles on television and on film and was a longtime spokesperson for Quaker Oats, died Saturday at his Utah home, the St. George News reported. He was ...

Hollywood actor Wilford Brimley visited Cedar Rapids in November 1992 to tour the Quaker Oats plant, speak at a fundraiser for the Linn County Chapter of the American Diabetes Association, and do a ...

Actor Wilford Brimley died Saturday morning after a long illness. He was 85. "Wilford Brimley was a man you could trust. He said what he meant and he meant what he said. I'm sad that I will no longer ...

Wilford Brimley, bless his heart, decided long ago how diabetes was pronounced and nothing—not even a goddamned medical professional who specializes in the disease—was ever going to change his mind.

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If you grew up in the 1980s, the word diabetes likely echoes in your head with the gruff, no-nonsense tone of the late, great ...

Recognizable by his walrus mustache, the actor specialized in playing cantankerous characters in “Absence of Malice,” “The Natural” and other films. By William Grimes Wilford Brimley, a portly actor ...

Cedar Rapids Quaker Oats plant manager Ken Dykes and actor/Quaker spokesman Wilford Brimley, 58, look over the syrup line in the Quaker plant Nov. 13, 1992. Brimley was required to wear a net over his ...