Fire fighters and other officials look over the scene, Wednesday, Mar. 18, 2020, after a fire gutted a historic downtown building in Colfax Tuesday night. The fire destroyed the Fonk’s Coffee House ...

Aug. 19--The legendary TV pitchman for Vern Fonk Insurance died Sunday. Robert Thielke created and played in the outrageous late-night Vern Fonk commercials for the last 20 years, spoofing "Star Wars, ...

Rob Thielke was the face of Vern Fonk Insurance in dozens of eclectic commercials since 1995. Thielke died Sunday after a battle with colon cancer. Steve Bloom Staff file, 2010 The legendary TV ...

Rob Thielke has one of the most recognized faces in Seattle, but most people think he’s someone else. His friends know him as an insurance agent, an actor and a family man. “I’m really pretty normal,” ...

Rob Thielke, president of Vern Fonk Insurance and the face behind the company's wild TV commercials, died Sunday at the age of 50. His family said he had been battling cancer. Thielke climbed his way ...

The legendary TV pitchman for Vern Fonk Insurance died Sunday. While many people thought the man in the commercials was Vern Fonk himself, it was Mr. Thielke, president of Vern Fonk Insurance, the ...