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So has The Donald tweeted that Gene Wilder dying (Original Post) Gman Aug 2016 OP
please dont scum up MFM008 Aug 2016 #1
Yes TlalocW Aug 2016 #2
shame on you jodymarie aimee Aug 2016 #3
Even worse, the LATE, great Gene Wider is gone... Jeffersons Ghost Aug 2016 #4
Love it malaise Aug 2016 #5
Too soon MiniMe Aug 2016 #6

TlalocW

(15,384 posts)
2. Yes
Mon Aug 29, 2016, 06:09 PM
Aug 2016

He's now claiming he's got the Oompa-Loompa vote - but partly because he's as orange and they are.

TlalocW

Jeffersons Ghost

(15,235 posts)
4. Even worse, the LATE, great Gene Wider is gone...
Mon Aug 29, 2016, 06:22 PM
Aug 2016

It was announced, after children were in school; but all his performances weren't for children. Here is a cut from Blazing Saddles:


Gene Wilder, who established himself as one of America’s foremost comic actors with his delightfully neurotic performances in three films directed by Mel Brooks; his eccentric star turn in the family classic “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory”; and his winning chemistry with Richard Pryor in the box-office smash “Stir Crazy,” died on Sunday night at his home in Stamford, Conn. He was 83.
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