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Yet another person leaving the planet before Trump the Chump takes
control.

This is from ComingSoon.net ...


Gene Wilder has died at age 83
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The Associated Press reports that the family of Gene Wilder,
star of film favorites such as Willy Wonka and the
Chocolate Factory, has announced the actor has died at the
age of 83.

Wilder was born June 11, 1933 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and
studied drama at the University of Iowa and then attended
the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. After a lengthy time on
the stage, he made his feature film debut in 1967¹s Bonnie
and Clyde and was nominated for an Academy Award for his
role in Mel Brooks¹ The Producers that same year. He would
go on to star in two other high profile Brooks films,
Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein (for which he was
also nominated for a Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Award
with Brooks).

Wilder also dabbled in directing, helming four features,
including The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes¹ Smarter Brother,
The World¹s Greatest Lover, The Woman in Red, and Haunted
Honeymoon. He also went on to form an on-screen partnership
with fellow comedian Richard Pryor, starring in Silver
Streak, Stir Crazy, See No Evil, Hear No Evil, and Another
You together over the course of 15 years.

The actor wrote several books, including his 2005 biography,
Kiss Me Like a Stranger: My Search for Love and Art, but
also several novels with his most recent being 2013¹s
Something to Remember You By. Wilder penned a book titled
Gilda¹s Disease: Sharing Personal Experiences and a Medical
Perspective on Ovarian Cancer, a work in remembrance of his
third wide Gilda Radner whom he met filming 1982¹s Hanky
Panky.

Wilder¹s nephew announced the news today that the actor
died late Sunday in Stamford, Connecticut from complications
from Alzheimer¹s disease.

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