Gene Wilder: Dead at 83

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I am sure everyone has heard, or is starting to hear (like me)...that Gene Wilder died yesterday. Most remember him as "Willie Wonka": of "Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory"... For some reason, I personally never got into that character...ever. I have never watched the movie, in it's entirety. I started to a few times, but then got bored with it, and turned it off. Not sure why... I just didn't like the movie. I liked him more as Richard Prior's sidekick in movies like: "The Silver Streak"... To me...they were hilarious in that film. When asked in a 2013 "Time Out" New York magazine interview; whether he would act again, if a suitable film project came his way, Wilder responded: "I’m tired of watching the bombing, shooting, killing, swearing, and 3-D. I get 52 movies a year sent to me, and maybe there are three good ones. That’s why I went into writing. It’s not that I wouldn’t act again. I’d say: 'Give me the script. If it’s something wonderful, I’ll do it. But I don’t get anything like that." It was great that he lived a good long life of 83. However, his death, as well as others...just gives us a reminder of how fragile life is... Were there any favorite movies/films that you liked him in???