Film handout file photo
August 29, 2016
Gene Wilder in the 1971 film classic, "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory." He died Monday, and was 83.
Gene Wilder – who regularly stole the show in such comedic gems as “The Producers,” “Blazing Saddles,” “Young Frankenstein,” “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” and “Stir Crazy” – died Monday, Aug. 29, at his home in Stamford, Connecticut.