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Gene Wilder dies at 83
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Holy shit this is depressing. People always say how much a certain celebrity impacted their lives and how sad they are, but this one honestly hit me like others haven't before. Gene Wilder influenced so much of my childhood and sense of humor.
Wow, I am sad as fuck.
US actor Gene Wilder, remembered by many for his namesake role in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, has died at the age of 83, his family confirmed.
The comic actor also starred in classic films such as The Producers, Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein.
Mr Wilder frequently collaborated with writer and director Mel Brooks as well as stand-up comedian Richard Pryor.
The two-time Oscar-nominated actor was diagnosed with non-Hodgkins lymphoma in 1989.
Holy shit this is depressing. People always say how much a certain celebrity impacted their lives and how sad they are, but this one honestly hit me like others haven't before. Gene Wilder influenced so much of my childhood and sense of humor.
Wow, I am sad as fuck.
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of many great performances, he'll always be Willy Wonka to me.
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Definitely firing up Blazing Saddles as soon as I can.
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"I don't know. Are we black?"
"Yes."
"Then we're awake."
So many classic lines.
I loved it because that movie is a classic, and Gene Wilder was one of my favorite comedic actors of all time.
Rest in Peace, Gene
I think if an actor could die who would impact me the way Robin Williams did, it's Wilder.
What a tragedy. Rest in Peace, Gene. Say hi to Gilda for us...
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It's not an uncommon sentiment to say that Gene Wilder was the Willy Wonka, but he was in so many amazing movies, and made so many movies amazing. I like See No Evil, Hear No Evil in particular.
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This is terrible. So many of his movies I can basically recite from memory, they're so good. This is a tragic blow to comedy, acting and humanity.
Yeah. Between Prince, Alan Rickman, Gene Wilder, Muhammad Ali and Frank Kelly this is a pretty terrible year.
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And David Bowie. Like, this year is destroying all the cultural icons I grew up loving. Just another sign I'm getting old, I guess.
fuck right in the feels. Having lost my favorite aunt recently to alzheimers I am happy to hear that Gene was with his family to the end.
Yes...
I lost my dad 2 weeks ago and one of my dogs yesterday.
Just fuck this year. seriously.
I just lost my favourite Aunt to Alzheimer's too. Her funeral was today. I'm too numb to feel anything right now. I expect this one will hit me in a few days.
Still hurts, but his movies are still with us.
Then they did a bunch of fencing puns relating to his comedy style on screen.
I was just talking about Hear No Evil See No Evil today before I heard about the news.
I lost my grandmother to it earlier this year.
Internet group hug.
That's one of my favourites too. Wilder and Pryor were such an amazing double act.
RIP, sir, and thanks for all the laughs.
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I motion that we all move directly into 2017 now.
Maybe 2020, to be on the safe side.
But you know, he lived a long life and died peacefully, beloved by millions and in the care and comfort of family. It's hard to imagine a better life than his, and equally hard to imagine a better death.
I think I'll introduce my children to Young Frankenstein.
This post, and those like it.
I want to be more upset than I am, but everyone has to go sometime, and it would be rather presumptuous to hope for a happier ending than living 80+ years that were more good than bad, dying peacefully among those you love, and leaving behind a world that will remember you fondly for years to come.
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Wilder being from Milwaukee, this is getting an extra bit of attention here.
Saw this on my way home last night.
And one of the local radio stations this morning played Putting On the Ritz from Young Frankenstein, monster yowling and all. Which always makes me regret I don't know how to tap dance.
The answer is: none. Not a one. The goddamn search didn't even recognize his name. Not even a "Movies Like..." for any of his films.
What the fuck, Netflix?
And then today NPR was playing an interview with him from 2005 and just hearing his voice on the radio had me sad and happy all at the same time.
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Sane with Hulu. Same with Prime. Same with HBO Now.
Nobody is streaming any of these movies and it's a damn tragedy.
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That's crazy. The Irish / British version of Netflix has The Little Prince, Hear No Evil See No Evil and Everything You Wanted To Know About Sex But Were Afraid To Ask. How the hell does the American version have nothing?!
Amazon has several of his movies for rent, including all those, but none on Prime. I recently started Netflix's disk service, and I'm sure they have at least some.
I just looked it up on IMDB and WOW! It also has three great actors from Game of Thrones! Maester Aemon, Mace Tyrell, and the High Sparrow are all in it too.
After that, whenever I came across a movie on TV that had Gene Wilder in it, I always made a point of watching it because it was guaranteed to entertain me and make me laugh. Suffice it to say, I will deeply miss the esteemed Dr. Frankensteen.
May his memory live long, and his humour follow him to whatever afterlife awaits him.