# Miller High Life delivery guy dead at 36 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 10, 2015, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miller-high-life-delivery-guy-dead-at-36/714728 "2015-03-10T22:45:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2015, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miller-high-life-delivery-guy-dead-at-36/714728/1 "2015-03-10T22:45:42Z")
The actor who played the talkative delivery guy in Miller High Life [Commercial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeNMQYaPqSY)s has died. [Article](https://celebrity.yahoo.com/news/miller-high-life-delivery-man-windell-middlebrooks-dead-205720428-us-weekly.html). No cause of death has been given, but foul play is not suspected. The article states 'In his final Instagram post, shared three days before his death, Middlebrooks wrote about bringing awareness to colon cancer. ’ ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2015, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miller-high-life-delivery-guy-dead-at-36/714728/2 "2015-03-10T23:50:21Z")
That’s a shame. I enjoyed those commercials, relatively speaking. They made Miller beer seem almost appealing. F you, cancer. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2015, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miller-high-life-delivery-guy-dead-at-36/714728/3 "2015-03-11T00:01:11Z")
I remember he came to the 2007 American League Division Series game I went to when the Indians played the Red Sox in Cleveland. He was basically doing live ads for Miller High Life on the jumbotron. People were going nuts, like he was a huge celebrity. It was fun! The guy really exuded happiness. And dang, he was only 6 months older than me. If he died from colon cancer I am going to be pissed. That’ll be the third lovely person I know of to die of the disease in the past 2 months (my friend, Sam Simon and now him) ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miller-high-life-delivery-guy-dead-at-36/714728/4 "2015-03-12T21:15:33Z")
His name is not very well known. But most people have seen his Miller Beer commercials. No word on cause of death. He was only 36. TMZ has a link to one of his commercials. > **['Miller High Life Guy' Windell D. Middlebrooks Dies -- Dead At 36](https://www.tmz.com/2015/03/10/miller-high-life-guy-dead-windell-middlebrooks-commercial-dies/)** > > Windell D. Middlebrooks -- the actor best known for playing the straight-talking Miller High Life delivery man -- died suddenly at his home ... TMZ has learned. [http://www.dallasnews.com/news/local-news/20150310-fort-worth-actor-windell-middlebrooks-known-for-comical-miller-beer-ad-dies-at-36.ece](http://www.dallasnews.com/news/local-news/20150310-fort-worth-actor-windell-middlebrooks-known-for-comical-miller-beer-ad-dies-at-36.ece) > [@](#): > > Windell Middlebrooks, an actor from Fort Worth who gained TV commercial stardom as a burly, no-nonsense beer delivery man who confiscated the brew from undeserving snobs, has died, his family said Tuesday. He was 36. > > Middlebrooks died Monday in the Los Angeles area, said his friend and manager, Steve Ivey. The cause of death and further details were not immediately released. TMZ, citing “sources close to Middlebrooks,” said the actor was found unconscious at his home in the San Fernando Valley and was taken to the hospital. It was unclear where he was pronounced dead ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miller-high-life-delivery-guy-dead-at-36/714728/5 "2015-03-12T21:17:52Z")
I saw that. Sad. He seemed like a nice guy. Some people might remember him as “Carmen the Tranny’s” husband on _It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia_. He was the father of Dee’s baby, via in vitro. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miller-high-life-delivery-guy-dead-at-36/714728/6 "2015-03-12T22:15:25Z")
[Previous thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=751395). ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miller-high-life-delivery-guy-dead-at-36/714728/7 "2015-03-12T22:23:06Z")
Oh no! That’s so sad…I met the guy and he autographed a 6 pack of high life for me! It was such a funny story. My friend and I randomly went to Wal Mart and he was making an appearance, so we waited for him and said hi and talked for a bit. He was so nice. Poor guy… ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miller-high-life-delivery-guy-dead-at-36/714728/8 "2015-03-12T22:26:56Z")
I searched for Windell. They didn’t give the guys name in the thread title. crap. How are we supposed to find threads with ambiguous titles? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2015, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miller-high-life-delivery-guy-dead-at-36/714728/9 "2015-03-12T22:41:25Z")
I don’t know; “Miller High Life delivery guy dead at 36” seems pretty unambiguous. Besides more people are going to recognize the character description than the actor’s name. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miller-high-life-delivery-guy-dead-at-36/714728/10 "2015-03-13T01:59:20Z")
That blows. I bought some used Miller High Life koozies at a thrift sale last year (four koozies and a bunch of Beethoven CDs for only $5!) Yesterday as we were sipping our koozied beers on the train after work, I made sure to let everyone know the sad news. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miller-high-life-delivery-guy-dead-at-36/714728/11 "2015-03-13T15:01:24Z")
Merged duplicate threads, so some of the posts may seem jumbled. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miller-high-life-delivery-guy-dead-at-36/714728/12 "2015-03-13T23:27:53Z")
Never seen any of this guy’s commercials. Guess they only advertise that brand during sportsball. RIP