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Gene Wilder, ‘Willie Wonka’ Star and Comedic Icon, Dies at 83.
Variety ^
| 8/29/2016
| Richard Natale
Posted on 08/29/2016 12:27:39 PM PDT by Carriage Hill
Gene Wilder, who regularly stole the show in such comedic gems as “The Producers,” “Blazing Saddles,” “Young Frankenstein,” “Willie 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.
He had been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 1989.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: genewilder; hollywood; obituary; wilder
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Another giant is gone. RIP.
To: carriage_hill
Noooooooooo! Terrible news!
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posted on
08/29/2016 12:28:29 PM PDT
by
HombreSecreto
(New Tagline: TRUMP is the MOCKINGJAY! Defeat the Capitol!)
To: carriage_hill
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posted on
08/29/2016 12:28:40 PM PDT
by
uncitizen
(Americanism NOT Globalism! - Trump)
To: carriage_hill
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posted on
08/29/2016 12:29:24 PM PDT
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EEGator
To: carriage_hill
Oh do I remember Mr. Wilder! RIP.
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posted on
08/29/2016 12:29:33 PM PDT
by
Biggirl
("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
To: carriage_hill
I didn’t think he was that old. Then I remembered how old I am...
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08/29/2016 12:29:49 PM PDT
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PLMerite
(Compromise is Surrender: The Revolution...will not be kind.)
To: carriage_hill
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08/29/2016 12:30:03 PM PDT
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dfwgator
To: carriage_hill
And we just watched him in The Producers this weekend.
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posted on
08/29/2016 12:30:05 PM PDT
by
miss marmelstein
(Richard the Third: With my own people alone I should like to drive away the Muslims)
To: carriage_hill
Young frankenstein and blazing saddles and the producers, willie wonka and I hope he’s teaming up with richard pryor again.
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08/29/2016 12:30:11 PM PDT
by
longfellow
(Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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08/29/2016 12:30:14 PM PDT
by
stylecouncilor
("The future ain't what it used to be." Yogi Berra)
To: carriage_hill
In Peace with his Gilda ... rest, dear ones .... we all loved you
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08/29/2016 12:30:18 PM PDT
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knarf
To: carriage_hill
Hopefully he’s reunited with Gilda.
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08/29/2016 12:30:33 PM PDT
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dfwgator
To: carriage_hill
First date with Mrs. Buckeye was to see him with Richard Pryor in See No Evil, Hear No Evil. A truly, truly awful film!
But he shall always be remembered as the original Willie Wonka and as Dr. Frank-uhn-steen. RIP.
To: carriage_hill
He was great in “Lady in Red” 1984.
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08/29/2016 12:30:55 PM PDT
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exit82
(Road Runner sez:" Let's Make America Beeping Great Again! Beep! Beep!")
To: carriage_hill
Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein are two of the funniest movies of all time.
RIP to a comedic genius.
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08/29/2016 12:31:02 PM PDT
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FatherofFive
(Islam is evil and must be eradicated)
To: carriage_hill
Such a great wit was he. He will be missed.
Marty Feldman, Madeline Kahn, Peter Boyle and now Gene Wilder.
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08/29/2016 12:31:06 PM PDT
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Bloody Sam Roberts
(Don't question faith. Don't answer lies.)
To: carriage_hill
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08/29/2016 12:31:12 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: carriage_hill
So weird. I was just watching clips of "Willy Wonka" on YouTube yesterday. Hadn't seen that move since I was a child and better appreciated his fine acting when I became an adult.
In all the movies I've seen him in, he was pretty brilliant.
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08/29/2016 12:31:25 PM PDT
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SamAdams76
(It is a wise man who rules by the polls but it is a fool who is ruled by them)
To: carriage_hill
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08/29/2016 12:32:22 PM PDT
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eastforker
(The only time you can be satisfied is when your all Trump.)
To: carriage_hill
Wow! RIP Gene Wilder. I look for an AMC tribute.
So many movies. I might watch Silver Streak tonite.
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08/29/2016 12:32:53 PM PDT
by
eyedigress
((Old storm chaser from the west))
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