RIP Willy Wonka

Centralia, Missouri
August 29, 2016 3:29pm CST
Gene Wilder apparently has died. He was such a fun actor. When I picture Willy Wonka I picture him and his slightly odd gaze. He was a character. I know he was in other things, (Young Frankenstein was...hilarious and bad all at the same time. What do you remember him in?
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much2say
@much2say (53958)
• Los Angeles, California
29 Aug 16
Oh no! I hadn't heard this news yet - so what a shock. Yep, I remember him fondly as Willy Wonka too - but I do remember Young Frankenstein as well.
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much2say
@much2say (53958)
• Los Angeles, California
29 Aug 16
@Jessicalynnt I hadn't checked FB all day . . . but once I got there, oh yah, I saw all the posts!!!
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Jekca
@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
30 Aug 16
@much2say there is a game over there I like to play, so I am on on and off, and just skim over the feed.
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Jekca
@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
29 Aug 16
facebook main feed usually keeps me caught up on such things, I didnt know until I saw all the laments.
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Sue H.
@CinnamonGrl (7083)
• Santa Fe, New Mexico
29 Aug 16
Woman in Red. But he was funny in everything. Oh, Blazing Saddles is a standout, too.
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Jekca
@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
29 Aug 16
Oh blazing saddles! another one I had forgotten about
fizzytom
@fizzytom (752)
• Maribor, Slovenia
29 Aug 16
I loved him in The Woman in Red but like you, when I think of Gene Wilder, I think of Willy Wonka. He really brought the character to life.
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Jekca
@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
29 Aug 16
oh that's a good one, I had forgotten that.
Stacey
@xstitcher (30302)
• Petaluma, California
29 Aug 16
I did not know that. :( To me he will always be Willy Wonka. I know they made a new version with Johnny Depp, but I never saw it. Didn't seem right.
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Gina
@Gina145 (3949)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
29 Aug 16
I saw the new version, but I preferred Gene Wilder's interpretation of the character.
Jekca
@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
29 Aug 16
I did, waste of time, you are quite right
Bella
@Bella128 (2471)
• United States
29 Aug 16
I remember being into Mel Brooks movies at a young age. I felt a little ill to hear that Gene Wilder passed this morning because I had seen a lot of his movies, especially his collaborations with Mel Brooks.
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Jekca
@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
29 Aug 16
Guess I dont know which ones were such collaborations
Carol Cassada
@dramagirl26 (3259)
• Ringgold, Virginia
29 Aug 16
My favorite Gene Wilder movie would have to be Young Frankenstein. He was hilarious in it and the movie is one of my all time favorites.
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Jekca
@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
29 Aug 16
that movie and him both, were quite funny
celticeagle
@celticeagle (159058)
• Boise, Idaho
30 Aug 16
He was a character. I loved him in Silver Streak and Young Frankenstein.
sofs
@sofssu (23662)
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30 Aug 16
He will always Willy Wonka to me.. I haven't seen any of the other movies I guess..
Gina
@Gina145 (3949)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
29 Aug 16
So sad to hear the news. I don't think I saw a lot of his movies but I enjoyed those I did see. I guess I'll always remember him best as Willy Wonka.
Marie
@Tampa_girl7 (48958)
• United States
30 Aug 16
He is forever Willy Wonka and so many more characters.
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MARILYN
@Marilynda1225 (79731)
• United States
29 Aug 16
It was sad to hear of his passing
The Horse
@TheHorse (205772)
• Walnut Creek, California
29 Aug 16
I heard about his passing on the news just now. His Willy Wonka was great. Blazing Saddles. All of his movies with RIchard Pryor. I hadn't realized he'd been suffering from Alzheimers.
Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325809)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Aug 16
I don't know that I saw him in too many things but I do remember his eyes. I had no idea he was in his eighties.