'Time to make the doughnuts' actor dies

[DemFromMem]

'Time to make the doughnuts' actor dies

Tuesday, December 27, 2005; Posted: 9:50 p.m. EST (02:50 GMT)

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Michael Vale is most known through his acting role as Dunkin' Donuts' "Fred the Baker."


NEW YORK (AP) -- Michael Vale, the actor best known for his portrayal of a sleepy-eyed Dunkin' Donuts baker who said "Time to make the doughnuts," has died. He was 83.

Vale died Saturday in New York City of complications from diabetes, according to son-in law Rick Reil.

Vale's long-running character, "Fred the Baker," for the doughnut maker's ad campaign lasted 15 years until he retired in 1997.

Canton, Massachusetts-based Dunkin' Donuts said in a statement that that Vale's character "became a beloved American icon that permeated our culture and touched millions with his sense of humor and humble nature."

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http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/12/27/vale.donuts.ap/index.html?section=cnn_us

[lizziegrace]

1. I had no idea he was that old.

:shrug: Didn't seem to be.

How's Memphis these days? Spent HS and college years there.

[DemFromMem]

3. Memphis is rockin'

Grizzlies are having a good year. Enjoyed seeing two very different sides of the city portrayed in Oscar frontrunners WALK THE LINE and HUSTLE AND FLOW.

Still a lot of the old problems, but things seem to be going in the right direction.

[qnr]

2. Complications from diabetes. Hmmmm, I don't doubt that that is true,

but he was 83 years old.

She died from complications of living... her organs wore out.

Or the catch-all, he died from complications of lack of oxygen to the brain.

[ashling]

4. Who's going to make the doughnuts now?

I gots to have my doughnuts.
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[newyawker99]

5. Rest in Peace Mr Vale.

:-(