News Wilford Brimley, star of ‘Cocoon’ and ‘The Natural,’ dies at 85: ‘He was one of a kind’ August 2, 2020 Staff and wire reports Comments Off on Wilford Brimley, star of ‘Cocoon’ and ‘The Natural,’ dies at 85: ‘He was one of a kind’ Wilford Brimley, the actor who starred in films such as "Cocoon" and "The Natural" and later was a famous pitchman for Quaker Oats, has died at 85.