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Aug 29, 2016 · Gene Wilder, the actor best known for his iconic role as Willy Wonka in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, has died at the age of 83. The actor died of complications from Alzheimer’s disease ...
Mar 11, 2024 · Remembering Gene Wilder, a new documentary premiering March 15, parts the curtain on Wilder’s process. He was the one who dreamed up Wonka’s original iconic entrance, in which his cane snags ...
Sep 1, 2016 · 1 September 2016. AP. Gene Wilder's family said he died due to complications from Alzheimer's disease. US actor Gene Wilder, remembered by many for his lead role in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate ...
Aug 29, 2016 · Gene Wilder was born Jerome Silberman in Milwaukee on June 11, 1933. His father, William, a manufacturer and salesman of novelty items, was an immigrant from Russia. ... The good news was that he ...
Aug 29, 2016 · “Gene Wilder acted at a different frequency than any other. He was always a moment away from tenderness or hysteria. What an original.” ---Actor Alan Tudyk on Twitter “Thank you Gene Wilder for the wonderful, the weird, the pure imagination. One of my greatest heroes.” ---Singer Josh Groban on Twitter “Gene Wilder as one of my ...
Aug 29, 2016 · August 29, 2016. Gene Wilder, 'Willy Wonka' and 'Young Frankenstein' star, has died at the age of 83. Steve Wood/REX. Gene Wilder, the comedian known to a generation as Willy Wonka and an icon ...
Aug 30, 2016 · Gene Wilder, a two-time Oscar nominee and comedy star, has died at age 83. ... He was part of the team that was named a 2022 Pulitzer Prize finalist in breaking news for covering the tragic ...
