Charmin's Mr. Whipple actor Dick Wilson dies at 91


	Charmin's Mr. Whipple actor Dick Wilson dies at 91

melizer

11-20-2007 5:26 AM

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http://www.whipple.org/photos/charmin.html

Please don't squeeze the Charmin!

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                        LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - 
Actor Dick Wilson, who earned an
enduring place in U.S. pop culture for his TV commercial role
as Mr. Whipple, the nervous grocer who warned customers
"Please, don't squeeze the Charmin" in toilet-paper ads, has
died at age 91.                        
                        </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071119/tv_nm/whipple_dc_1"><P>The English-born actor, who often snuck a squeeze himself
in more than 500 commercials he made over 20 years for the
<SPAN id="lw_1195513964_0" class="yshortcuts">Procter & Gamble Co.'s</SPAN> bathroom tissue brand, died on Sunday of
natural causes at the Motion Picture and Television Hospital in
<SPAN id="lw_1195513964_1" class="yshortcuts">Los Angeles</SPAN>, the company said.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071119/tv_nm/whipple_dc_1"><P>Wilson had been a resident at the facility for the past
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on to appear in more than 300 U.S. television shows, mostly
during the 1960s and '70s, including recurring roles as a drunk
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