Gene Wilder, star of 'Willy Wonka' and Mel Brooks comedies, is dead at 83, his family says

[NWCorona]

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Source: Sandiegouniontribune

Gene Wilder, star of 'Willy Wonka' and Mel Brooks comedies, is dead at 83, his family says.

Read more: http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2016/aug/29/gene-wilder-star-of-willy-wonka-and-mel-brooks/

[True Dough]

1. Not to mention

RIP!

[lark]

23. He was great in that movie!

Also loved him in Young Frankenstein. Hillarious!

[still_one]

2. That is sad.

[Warpy]

3. Thanks for the laughs, Gene

You will be missed.

[christx30]

4. "We are the music makers.

We are the dreamers of the dreams."
Rest well, you amazing guy.

[NaturalHigh]

5. Sad. He was always fun to watch.

[Unit 001]

6. No way!

Just a shock.

[Solly Mack]

7. Frau Blücher

RIP funny man.

[CentralMass]

8. :-(

[Yavin4]

9. The man made us laugh.

Thank you Gene for everything. RIP.

[DFW]

10. He was a comic genius.

One of a kind. His work will live on as a collective legacy to his incredible talent.

[NWCorona]

11. He's gonna have some good company waiting for him

[Croney]

12. Loved him in Silver Streak.

[Behind the Aegis]

13. A very funny man!

His legend will live on!

RIP

[Recursion]

14. NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO (nt)

[DonCoquixote]

15. He will be having laughs with Gilda soon

and with his old buddy Richard Pyror.

[Botany]

16. The Waco Kid ..... "but I shoot w/this hand"

The best movie in the history of movies! Chef, Dances with Wolves, Godfather 1 & 2,
Breaker Morant, Airplane, Stalingrad, The Downfall, The Man who shot Liberty
Valance, and Little Big Man aren't bad either.

[NWCorona]

20. Agreed! It's one of my favorites

They could never make a movie like that again.

[iandhr]

24. You know morons.

[shenmue]

17. Nooooooooooooo

[reflection]

18. He was amazing.

I'll chalk "The Woman in Red" up to a mulligan. Most everything else he did was great. Damn I'll miss him.

[MADem]

19. VARIETY has it--and they don't make mistakes.

http://variety.com/2016/film/news/gene-wilder-dead-dies-willie-wonka-young-frankenstein-1201846745/

Nowadays, we have to worry about this perverse habit of some people to create fake drama about famous people passing, but it's true, apparently.

Gene Wilder, who regularly stole the show in such comedic gems as “The Producers,” “Blazing Saddles,” “Young Frankenstein,” “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” and “Stir Crazy,” died Monday at his home in Stamford, Conn. His nephew Jordan Walker-Pearlman said he died of complications from Alzheimer’s disease. He was 83.

I wondered why he disappeared from the scene--now I know. Genius. I enjoyed his work.

[NWCorona]

21. Thanks for the link and I wouldn't wish Alzheimer's on anyone..

Oh, I need to watch Young Frankenstein again!

[leftynyc]

22. May he rest in peace

[etherealtruth]

25. I am sorry LOCKING as a duplicate thread (prohibited in LBN)

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