'Mr. Whipple' actor Dick Wilson dies

Dick Wilson, the character actor and pitchman who for 21 years played an uptight grocer begging customers "Please, don't squeeze the Charmin," died Monday. He was 91.

The first commercial aired in 1964 and by the time the campaign ended in 1985 the tag line and Wilson, a former Canadian airman and vaudeville veteran, were pop culture touchstones. - CNN

He is one of the very few people to be a product spokesmen for over 21 years. Wilson did more than 500 Charmin commercials.

May he rest in peace.