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posted by takyon on Monday August 29 2016, @11:15PM   Printer-friendly
from the can't-go-on-forever dept.

Even though not tech related, one of my favorite actors has passed...

US actor Gene Wilder, remembered by many for his lead role in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, has died at the age of 83, his family confirmed. The comic actor also starred in classic films such as The Producers, Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein. Mr Wilder frequently collaborated with writer and director Mel Brooks as well as stand-up comedian Richard Pryor. The two-time Oscar-nominated actor was diagnosed with non-Hodgkins lymphoma in 1989. Mr Wilder's nephew confirmed the actor died on Sunday in Stamford, Connecticut, due to complications from Alzheimer's disease.

Actor, director, screenwriter, and author Gene Wilder is no more:

Actor and writer Gene Wilder, who brought his signature manic energy to films such as The Producers, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein and the role that forever ensconced him in the collective memory of a generation of children, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, has died. He was 83. Wilder died Monday at his home in Stamford, Conn., of complications from Alzheimer's disease, according to a statement from his nephew Jordan Walker-Pearlman.

"The decision to wait until this time to disclose his condition wasn't vanity, but more so that the countless young children that would smile or call out to him 'there's Willy Wonka,' would not have to be then exposed to an adult referencing illness or trouble and causing delight to travel to worry, disappointment or confusion," the statement read. "He simply couldn't bear the idea of one less smile in the world."

IMDB and Wikipedia.


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  • (Score: 2) by snufu on Monday August 29 2016, @11:40PM

    by snufu (5855) on Monday August 29 2016, @11:40PM (#395002)

    You will be missed and never forgotten.

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  • (Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 30 2016, @01:29AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 30 2016, @01:29AM (#395047)

    unless we too get Alzheimer's

    • (Score: 2) by edIII on Tuesday August 30 2016, @06:10PM

      by edIII (791) on Tuesday August 30 2016, @06:10PM (#395380)

      This more than anything cracked me up. I can easily see him saying something like that. He was a master of biting sarcasm.

      R.I.P Gene and thanks for the laughs.

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  • (Score: 1) by kurenai.tsubasa on Tuesday August 30 2016, @02:04AM

    by kurenai.tsubasa (5227) on Tuesday August 30 2016, @02:04AM (#395064) Journal

    Ditto. On to the Summerland with you! Shine on you crazy diamond!

    Another greatly creative soul leaving this 3-plane before the year from hell. I don't blame them.

  • (Score: 2) by PinkyGigglebrain on Tuesday August 30 2016, @06:06AM

    by PinkyGigglebrain (4458) on Tuesday August 30 2016, @06:06AM (#395159)

    So say we all.

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