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May 22, 2012

No more Time to Make The Donuts: Michael Vale dies

by Joel Keller, posted Dec 28th 2005 7:32AM

Michael Vale as Fred the BakerIt's a bad week for "That Guys". On the heels of the death of character actor Vincent Schiavelli comes word that Michael Vale, best known as Dunkin Donuts' long-running mascot Fred the Baker, has died at 83. He passed away on Saturday due to complications from diabetes. In addition to the DD ad campaign, where he wearily woke up early every day moaning "Time to make the donuts," Vale also played sour cream maker Sam Breakstone in another long-running series of ads for Breakstone's.

[Thanks to Tony OB for the tip.]

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Joel Keller

Alex, Breakstone's had both cottage cheese and sour cream. Wasn't he in the ads for both?

December 28 2005 at 5:43 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Alex

I believe that he used to be the man who sold cottage cheese not sour cream. I remember him in the bathtub with a white little dog and his wife would yell at him.

December 28 2005 at 5:11 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jason Anderson

Oh no! :(

You know you're getting old when all the famous faces you remember as a kid start dropping like flies. :(

How many did we lose this year?

December 28 2005 at 2:50 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Bebop

He was a diabetic? It was those friggen' doughnuts that did him in!!! Damn you Dunkin' Dounuts, murderers!

December 28 2005 at 8:39 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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