Celebrity Death: Gene Wilder

[Walkingthroughforest]

****. **** **** ****. God dammit. RIP Gene.

 

[Dipsy Doodle]

My favourite bit involving Wilder:

 

[MoreOrr]

I see 2016 is back at it again. Wilder was hilariously comic. Another big star gone.

 

[Preds Partisan]

Very sad news. The above is one of my favorite pieces of his work. Underplayed, subtle and I love the way that his acting in this portion of the movie draws you in close but is still funny. Right there he drops the comedy on you like a feather, not a hammer.

 

[Buckets and Gloves]

Wilder and Pryor arguably best comic duo of all time... certainly top 5 with the likes of Laurel and Hardy

 

[Zodiac]

sad news. i loved watching his movies when i was a kid ...especially his Mel Brooks stuff, and the movies he did with Richard Pryor. never failed to make me laugh. he was one of my favorites.

RIP

 

[Tkachuk4MVP]

RIP Gene. He's finally back together with Gilda Radner.

Thinking about this makes me feel a little better.


R.I.P. Gene. For my money, he, Peter Sellers, and Bill Murray are the three greatest comedic actors of all-time.

 

[Acadmus]

According to his nephew, he passed from complications related to Alzheimers. Sad way to end life (we have a family friend whose wife is suffering from this now), though at least he supposedly never lost his ability to recognize close family and his personality didn't change. But he had quite an accomplished professional life as well as charitable one after Radner died, and to lose so much of what makes you YOU is a tough way to pass from this Earth.

I'm not looking forward to it when I end up with it in a couple decades (I'm probably reading too much into my lack of short term memory, but...)

 

[SJSharksfan39]

I feel like I've failed as a Movie fan when the only Gene Wilder film I've seen is Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Still, he was terrific in that film, and while I loved the heart and soul of the ending, my favorite part of the film was the "You get Nothing" scene.

RIP to Mr. Wilder.

 

[DonskoiDonscored]

Wilder's performance in Willy Wonka (despite all the memes made about it) was incredible. RIP Mr. Wilder

2016 has been a horrible year

 

[irunthepeg]

My dad loves Blazing Saddles, was never for me but I loved him as a kid as Willy Wonka. RIP.

 

[Crocket]

Legend
Start the Revolution Without me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7pAZrOKQq4

 

[Taro Tsujimoto]

R.I.P. Willy Wonka.

 

[Ugene Magic]

Sad to hear he passed, and he was an iconic comedian/actor and so much more.

I'll be pushing the gifs this season.

I heard he was fighting Alzheimer's for the last 3 years.

RIP.

 

[Guardian17]

Sad News.

I really liked him in Blazing Saddles.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

This one really is depressing

God damn a great actor and certainly someone who children thru decades here in US loved for his portrayal of Willy Wonka

 

[KaylaJ]

Pretty sure the first movie I saw him in besides Willy Wonka was Haunted Honeymoon with Gilda. Always a good ham it up movie.

RIP Letterman (if you know the Electric Company, you'll get it)

 

[Sharpshooter]

This one really is depressing

God damn a great actor and certainly someone who children thru decades here in US loved for his portrayal of Willy Wonka

Canada too.

And also those around the world that have had it translated to them, for decades.

 

[Led Zappa]

RIP

Y'all missing out on Silver Streak and Stir Crazy

 

[DaveG]

**** you 2016. Seriously. ****. YOU.

 

[Ozz]

Boooooo. Huge fan. Loved all his work w/Pryor, even the movies that most have never heard of (Another You, anybody?).

Willy Wonka has been a favorite since as long as I can remember, See No Evil Hear No Evil as well. So damn funny.

 

[Hasbro]

one of my favorite comedy scenes of all time.

 

[darko]

I feel like I've failed as a Movie fan when the only Gene Wilder film I've seen is Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Still, he was terrific in that film, and while I loved the heart and soul of the ending, my favorite part of the film was the "You get Nothing" scene.

RIP to Mr. Wilder.

Oh man you need to watch Blazzing Saddles. Hilarious and racist (in a good way, they spare no one).


RIP Gene.

 

[darko]

****!!

Play chess. Screw.

Let's play chess.

 

[Dr Pepper]

RIP Mr. Wilder.

His work with Mel Brooks was the stuff of legend.

Going to watch Young Frankenstein tonight.

(Never would have guessed he'd be outlived by Frau Blucher)

**** you 2016. Seriously. ****. YOU.

Sigh.

It's only going to get worse, I bet. People we grew up watching and listening to, are going to start leaving us more and more frequently as we age.