RIP Gene Wilder

Submitted by EastCoast Esq. on August 29th, 2016 at 3:30 PM

Gene Wilder is dead at 83. He is probably most famous for his role in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory as Willy Wonka, but I'll always remember him for his role as Dr. Frankenstein in Young Frankenstein.

A truly brilliant comedic actor.

R.I.P.

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mi93

August 29th, 2016 at 3:32 PM ^

Still noteworthy. And he married a Detroit girl.

His role in Blazing Saddles is still one of my favorite characters.

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GoBlueinMN

August 29th, 2016 at 3:37 PM ^

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August 29th, 2016 at 3:46 PM ^

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PopeLando

August 29th, 2016 at 3:48 PM ^

I'm not sure...are we... black? Yes we are. Then we're awake. But we are very confused.

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maize-blue

August 29th, 2016 at 4:27 PM ^

One of my 2,000 favorite lines from that movie.

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Bo Glue

August 29th, 2016 at 6:14 PM ^

And get a shitload of dimes!

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Nobody Likes a…

August 29th, 2016 at 5:46 PM ^

Somewhere Gene, Gilda and Richard are telling jokes and we are all so much poorer for not hearing them

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Louie C

August 29th, 2016 at 8:07 PM ^

He and Cleavon Little were brilliant in that movie.

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PopeLando

August 29th, 2016 at 3:46 PM ^

I must have killed more men than Cecil B. DeMille.

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gustave ferbert

August 29th, 2016 at 4:28 PM ^

Shot me in the ass!

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translator82

August 29th, 2016 at 3:48 PM ^

Yep...and Gilda Radner attended Michigan (although didn't graduate from what I've read). At least they're reunited after all these years.

Still, I feel my childhood just took a huge wallop. Pretty much played our family's tape of Willy Wonka until it wore out.

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MGoGrendel

August 29th, 2016 at 3:54 PM ^

I watched that as a kid and as an adult. Great movie!

RIP Gene

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Bo Glue

August 29th, 2016 at 6:16 PM ^

Didn't what used to be on the other side?

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mGrowOld

August 29th, 2016 at 4:41 PM ^

Was my sister's roomate her freshman year in west quad.

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Everyone Murders

August 29th, 2016 at 4:48 PM ^

By which I mean, cool story, bro.

Did you get to know Gilda Radner at all through your sister, and did your sister remain in contact with her? Wilder and Radner - from afar - seemed like one of the most likeable celebrity power couples in existence. Funny, whip-smart, seemingly approachable, and to all appearances a loving couple.

(FWIW, my son's new college roommate looks just like Urkel. Right down to the birth control glasses. But is not Urkel. So that's not as cool a story.)

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mGrowOld

August 29th, 2016 at 10:07 PM ^

LIke many Freshman roomates they drifted apart and didnt really stay in touch. I would've met her (although I dont remember doing so) cause i was only 6 when my sister started school.

FWIW I lost my sister a few months ago to Cancer too.

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WolverineHistorian

August 29th, 2016 at 3:54 PM ^

....Detroit girl and Michigan alum Gilda Radner. Taken from us waaaay too soon because fuck cancer.

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August 29th, 2016 at 4:13 PM ^

My name is Jim, but must people call me.......Jim

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Bo Glue

August 29th, 2016 at 6:18 PM ^

Someone make this a meme and put Harbaugh on it. Wait, he's way too intense to deliver that line.

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CarlosSpicyweiner21

August 29th, 2016 at 3:32 PM ^

While I enjoyed Johnny Depp's Willy Wonka because it was just so out there. I always will prefer Gene's because he just seemed to enjoy being a real prick to kids.

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Ronnie Kaye

August 29th, 2016 at 4:17 PM ^

I don't think anyone prefers Depp's Wonks to Wilder's. You might the only one I've heard say they like Depp in that role.

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Brendan71388

August 29th, 2016 at 3:33 PM ^

Sad day

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August 29th, 2016 at 3:35 PM ^

2016, still killing the good ones, shitty year.

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Rick Grimes

August 29th, 2016 at 3:35 PM ^

Definitely sad to hear. I will always consider his performance as Willy Wonka among the best acting jobs ever in a movie.

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Rick Grimes

August 29th, 2016 at 3:35 PM ^

Definitely sad to hear. I will always consider his performance as Willy Wonka among the best acting jobs ever in a movie.

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August 29th, 2016 at 3:36 PM ^

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August 29th, 2016 at 3:43 PM ^

Too soon? Too soon.

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NowTameInThe603

August 29th, 2016 at 4:10 PM ^

I think Gene would appreciate the joke within the joke

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Everyone Murders

August 29th, 2016 at 4:38 PM ^

“Satire is tragedy plus time. You give it enough time, the public, the reviewers will allow you to satirize it. Which is rather ridiculous, when you think about it.”

I'm gonna upvote, because Lenny Bruce.

(And I thought Gene Wilder was a brilliant actor, giving multi-layered performances that always went for more than [just] the cheap joke.)

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August 29th, 2016 at 3:36 PM ^

The Waco Kid.

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True Blue Grit

August 29th, 2016 at 3:37 PM ^

RIP Gene.

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softshoes

August 29th, 2016 at 3:51 PM ^

Shit Fuck Shit. I think Terry and Cloris are all that are left. Shit Fuck Shit.

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Go Blue Eyes

August 29th, 2016 at 4:25 PM ^

Mel Brooks and Gene Hackman are still around.

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August 29th, 2016 at 4:28 PM ^

My bad for forgetting Hackman and such a great part. I didn't count Brooks but only because he didn't act in it.

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August 30th, 2016 at 12:08 AM ^

And if you're referring to Teri Garr, she's been battling MS since 1999. Hilarious lady .

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August 29th, 2016 at 4:12 PM ^

Every time I hear someone mention a sedative in casual conversation I find myself yelling out "SAID A GIVE?!" I usually get some pretty weird looks from people.

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Hotel Putingrad

August 29th, 2016 at 3:39 PM ^

The Woman in Red is an all-time favorite. rest in peace, Gene.

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LSAClassOf2000

August 29th, 2016 at 3:40 PM ^

You know, just when you thought 2016 couldn't get more depressing in the way of deaths of revered musicians and stars....wow. Very sad to hear this.

"Blazing Saddles", "Young Frankenstein", but the original Producers film, "Stir Crazy", and let's not forget that he had a role in "Bonnie And Clyde" too, and of course, there is more.

RIP Gene Wilder.

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softshoes

August 29th, 2016 at 4:00 PM ^

He was a sheep lover too

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August 29th, 2016 at 4:07 PM ^

sheep lie!

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August 29th, 2016 at 8:48 PM ^

know that!

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Esterhaus

August 29th, 2016 at 4:17 PM ^

An Armenian peasant, ostensibly only in a movie, in a client-therapist situation. The sheep wore fancy lingerie to bed for Wilder but not for the Armenian. We Armenians can never forgive this. At least Wilder had the good sense to marry Gilda. They are together now, cracking jokes. I'll miss Wilder and his humor.

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