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Beloved 'Willy Wonka' Actor Gene Wilder Dies At 83-Years-Old

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August 29, 2016

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Actor Gene Wilder has died at 83. The star of "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" and a slew of other beloved comedies died at his home earlier this month at his Stamford, Connecticut home, family says. According to his nephew, the cause of Wilder's death was complications from Alzheimer's disease. After Wonka, Wilder was perhaps best known as director Mel Brooks' favorite leading man in hits including The Producers and Blazing Saddles. #InsideEdition

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