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NFT: Gene Wilder passes away at age 83.

Mike in Long Beach : 8/29/2016 3:25 pm
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RIP  
MadPlaid : 8/29/2016 3:53 pm : link
One of my favorite actors of all time.
RE: He was  
jcn56 : 8/29/2016 3:53 pm : link
In comment 13092967 PaulBlakeTSU said:
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one of the funniest actors I've ever seen. See No Evil Hear No Evil remains one of my favorite comedies. The chemistry with Richard Pryor was incredible.


I gave the man the wrong finger!

(wasn't Wilder's line, but the one that sticks in my head)

RIP to GW, he was damn funny.
Great  
AcidTest : 8/29/2016 3:54 pm : link
actor. Very funny. RIP. God bless.
RE: He  
UConn4523 : 8/29/2016 3:55 pm : link
In comment 13092986 DanMetroMan said:
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has been ill for a while now.


Was just saying this to a coworker. I worked at a shoe store in highschool and back in 2003ish when I last saw him come in and he was pretty out there. Not sure if he was sick then, but something looked up.
Mr. Wilder  
DanMetroMan : 8/29/2016 4:04 pm : link
had cancer which he beat. He's been seriously ill with something unrelated (I'm assuming it will be announced as his cause of death). But it's the reason we haven't seen him in a while. Even his late career appearances on things like Will and Grace were hilarious.
Aww...  
Chris in Philly : 8/29/2016 4:07 pm : link
I loved him.
Loved him in "Blazing Saddles"  
mavric : 8/29/2016 4:09 pm : link
and his portrayal of "Willy Wonka" made mince meat of Johnny Depp's attempt at a remake of same.

He was also great in "Woman in Red", although I had a hard time taking my eyes off Kelly LeBrock and her full nude scenes including bush. She used to be really hot. Not so much these days. Still, he nailed the part of the nervous married man facing temptation.

Anyway, RIP Gene Wilder. You were a classic
Growing  
DanMetroMan : 8/29/2016 4:09 pm : link
up I couldn't get enough of the Wilder/Pryor movies. Even the ones reviewers weren't fond of.
I had no idea he had Alzheimer's  
Greg from LI : 8/29/2016 4:10 pm : link
Terrible news. One of the funniest comic actors ever - his collaborations with Mel Brooks and Richard Pryor produced some true classics.
RE: Mr. Wilder  
antdog24 : 8/29/2016 4:10 pm : link
In comment 13093015 DanMetroMan said:
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had cancer which he beat. He's been seriously ill with something unrelated (I'm assuming it will be announced as his cause of death). But it's the reason we haven't seen him in a while. Even his late career appearances on things like Will and Grace were hilarious.


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His nephew Jordan Walker-Pearlman said he died of complications from Alzheimer’s disease. He was 83.

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I love that scene in Young Frankenstein...  
Britt in VA : 8/29/2016 4:11 pm : link
when he stabs himself in the leg with a scalpel.
great talent. YOung Frankenstein was his concept and  
Victor in CT : 8/29/2016 4:11 pm : link
he wrote the screenplay with Mel. Nice guy too. Lived in Stamford, used to see him at restaurants on occasion, always very gracious.
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DanMetroMan : 8/29/2016 4:14 pm : link
In comment 13093031 antdog24 said:
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In comment 13093015 DanMetroMan said:


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had cancer which he beat. He's been seriously ill with something unrelated (I'm assuming it will be announced as his cause of death). But it's the reason we haven't seen him in a while. Even his late career appearances on things like Will and Grace were hilarious.





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His nephew Jordan Walker-Pearlman said he died of complications from Alzheimer’s disease. He was 83.

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I missed that it was out there. Yeah, he had been suffering with Alzheimer's for a while now. My family member suggested Mr. Wilder's health was quite poor recently so I'm not shocked.
RE: ...  
Victor in CT : 8/29/2016 4:17 pm : link
In comment 13092940 Chuck Q said:
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"what knockers!"


zank you herr doctor

Eye-gor, help me with the bags.

Certainly! You take the blonde and I'll take the one with the turban!
I recently watched Sherlock Holmes Smarter Brother again.  
Ira : 8/29/2016 4:25 pm : link
He was a very funny and a very upbeat guys. RIP.
You..  
FatMan in Charlotte : 8/29/2016 4:29 pm : link
get nothing. You lose. Good Day, Sir.

I said, Good Day!
RE: I always loved that movie  
Johnny5 : 8/29/2016 4:32 pm : link
In comment 13092937 robbieballs2003 said:
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See No Evil Hear No Evil or something like that.

Yep with Richard Pryor. That was a funny flick.
.  
Gene : 8/29/2016 4:32 pm : link
Well, it got so that every piss-ant prairie punk who thought he could shoot a gun would ride into town to try out the Waco Kid. I must have killed more men than Cecil B. DeMille.

It got pretty gritty. I started to hear the word "draw" in my sleep. Then one day, I was just walking down the street when I heard a voice behind me say, "Reach for it, mister!" I spun around... and there I was, face to face with a six-year old kid.

Well, I just threw my guns down and walked away. Little bastard shot me in the ass. So I limped to the nearest saloon, crawled inside a whiskey bottle... and I've been there ever since.
Most people just called him...  
PEEJ : 8/29/2016 4:34 pm : link
Jim
Silver Streak was a great flick too  
timintey : 8/29/2016 4:42 pm : link
Rest easy Mr. Wilder
Wilder is a part of some of my fondest memories  
j_rud : 8/29/2016 4:50 pm : link
My dziadzi was a quiet man of few words, an old miner who left school at the age of 9 to work in the mines during the Depression. But he would absolutely howl with laughter at Wilder-Pryor movies, particularly Stir Crazy and the scene when they first get to the prison. He also really loved The Frisco Kid with Harrison Ford. Not to get too overwrought here, but it taught me at a young age the power of laughter and comedy in general. They were some of the few times I saw my grandfather express happiness, and I've always loved Wilder for that.
The "we bad" scene in Stir Crazy  
SomeFan : 8/29/2016 4:50 pm : link
makes me laugh every time. His facial expressions were funny, maybe only Marty Feldman's were as good, speaking of Young Frankenstein.
Even the Frisco Kids...just a great actor,  
barens : 8/29/2016 4:51 pm : link
definitely a favorite. Definitely going tp seek out his movies this week and weekend.

"Here Chickie Chickie, I'm not going to hurt you, I'm just going to eat you!!"
RE: The  
j_rud : 8/29/2016 4:55 pm : link
In comment 13093102 SomeFan said:
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makes me laugh every time. His facial expressions were funny, maybe only Marty Feldman's were as good, speaking of Young Frankenstein.


That's the one that just killed my grandfather SF. He would be doubled over in his recliner just howling with laughter.
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Named Later : 8/29/2016 4:57 pm : link
RIP Gene Wilder.

Wasn't he called in late to the Blazing Saddles production when 2 other actors weren't available when shooting was scheduled to start ?? Gig Young was one of the actors....I just can't see that one.

Gene just picked up the script and ran with it. His high-pitched responses during his "smoking" scene with Cleavon still cracks me up.
"I'm wet! I'm wet!"  
Stan in LA : 8/29/2016 5:00 pm : link
"I'm in pain!"


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In the late 70s  
Mike in Marin : 8/29/2016 5:00 pm : link
on LI, when we first got cable TV, his lesser-known film "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother" (link below) was on like 5x/day on HBO.

They had very few movies in their library to start. I must have watched it 50 x with my brother and sister.

Back then, a saleswoman in a business suit came to our house at night and walked us through the cable tv offering with a white binder. We felt like kings when they hooked it up.

RIP Gene !
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My grandfather's work is DOODOO!!!!!  
Greg from LI : 8/29/2016 5:03 pm : link
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Loved Gene Wilder ...  
short lease : 8/29/2016 5:08 pm : link
Played the best Willy Wonka ever ... and a few great roles with Richard Prior.


Have to mention The Producers and Blazing Saddles.


RIP Mr Wilder ... Gilda's still waiting.
the waco kid  
djm : 8/29/2016 5:08 pm : link
"little bastard shot me in the ass!"


RIP to a legend.
I grew up all but addicted to a few of his movies  
djm : 8/29/2016 5:11 pm : link
"stir crazy" with Wilder and Richard Pryor and the "Frisco Kid" with Wilder and Harrison Ford. Those movies were always on HBO so I always watched them. Never got old.

There are many more but those two always stuck with me. And they aren't even his best.
2016  
RobCarpenter : 8/29/2016 5:15 pm : link
Just sucks for celebs: Bowie, Prince, now Gene Wilder.. And I'm sure I'm forgetting a bunch of others.
RIP to a great actor  
FranknWeezer : 8/29/2016 5:17 pm : link
Loved him most in Willy Wonka. Also really liked one of his lesser-known films, "Haunted Honeymoon."

I said  
pjcas18 : 8/29/2016 5:17 pm : link
good day sir.

RIP  
Steve in South Jersey : 8/29/2016 6:38 pm : link
great comedian.

Alzheimers - Sorry to see. That is one of my great fears.
RE: Hope Gilda was waiting for him on the other side with open arms.  
KeoweeFan : 8/29/2016 9:20 pm : link
In comment 13092960 Britt in VA said:
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R.I.P.


Upon meeting Gene she said " there's something I've been meaning to talk to you about, ..... Oh, never mind.)
Sedagive ?!?  
PEEJ : 8/29/2016 9:24 pm : link
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RIP  
J : 8/29/2016 9:26 pm : link
used to watch a ripped copy of Willy Wonka on VHS almost every day after kindergarten
RIP  
Kulish29 : 8/29/2016 9:44 pm : link
I loved all of his work. My all time favorite scene of his was this one from Silver Streak.
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I don't know many people  
dep026 : 8/29/2016 10:01 pm : link
Who disliked willy wonka. It's not an all time classic but there was so much to enjoy from it.
Woody Allen's "Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex"...  
GA5 : 8/29/2016 11:50 pm : link
Gene with the sheep. Wow!
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SomeFan : 8/30/2016 12:26 am : link
In comment 13093116 j_rud said:
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makes me laugh every time. His facial expressions were funny, maybe only Marty Feldman's were as good, speaking of Young Frankenstein.



That's the one that just killed my grandfather SF. He would be doubled over in his recliner just howling with laughter.


I watched it on Youtube earlier today and had to laugh again!
RIP Gene you will be missed  
mgreenie03 : 8/30/2016 7:10 am : link
This is one of my favorite scenes in Blazing Saddles, when Clevon Little cracks up at the end of this line is when I just lose it. You know, morons.
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Moondawg : 8/30/2016 8:30 am : link
In comment 13093065 FatMan in Charlotte said:
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get nothing. You lose. Good Day, Sir.

I said, Good Day!


Not only funny  
Moondawg : 8/30/2016 8:32 am : link
but so humane, with an obvious sensitivity (and frankly, sadness) that touched so much of his work.

His story of how his mother was often ill and he had to always be nice/funny for her sake is relevant.
RE: I don't know many people  
Greg from LI : 8/30/2016 8:40 am : link
In comment 13093492 dep026 said:
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Who disliked willy wonka. It's not an all time classic but there was so much to enjoy from it.


Willy Wonka is probably my least favorite of his big movies, actually. Not big on either fantasy or musicals. I'd rather watch any of his Mel Brooks or Richard Pryor collaborations.
Statement from his family:  
Britt in VA : 8/30/2016 9:15 am : link
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"We understand for all the emotional and physical challenges this situation presented we have been among the lucky ones — this illness-pirate, unlike in so many cases, never stole his ability to recognize those that were closest to him, nor took command of his central-gentle-life affirming core personality. 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. He simply couldn’t bear the idea of one less smile in the world."
Comic genius.  
Klaatu : 8/30/2016 9:17 am : link
His talents will be sorely missed. RIP.
we'll all feel his passing  
ColHowPepper : 8/30/2016 9:17 am : link
and be sad at his absence...pretty neat that he met Gilda on set and later married, I had forgotten that...hope they're whooping it up, RIP
A little song and dance with two of his comic cohorts  
Ira : 8/30/2016 9:34 am : link
Madeleine Kahn and Marty Feldman.
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