Images: Gene Wilder, 1933-2016
See images from the life of film star Gene Wilder. Wilder, who starred in such film classics as "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" and "Young Frankenstein" has died. He was 83.
Gene Wilder and Peter Ostrum in the 1971 film "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory,"
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Actor Gene Wilder, right, holds hands with wife Karen as he is introduced to receive the Governor's Awards for Excellence in Culture and Tourism at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford, Conn., Tuesday, April 9, 2008. Wilder was one of four recipients of the award given by the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism.
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Wimbledon?s still on but that?s probably not the reason that Hollywood actor Gene Wilder carries tennis rackets at Heathrow Airport, Wednesday, July 4, 1979, London, England. And the All-England Club may feel duly relieved, for Gene is the zany star of films like "Blazing Saddles" and "Young Frankenstein." He had just arrived from Los Angeles.
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Gilda Radner, left, and Gene Wilder are shown in a scene from the film "Hanky Panky," directed by Sidney Poitier, Aug. 27, 1981.
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Gilda Radner and Gene Wilder are shown in New York City in June 1982.
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Actor Gene Wilder is shown during an interview with Jean Claude Bouis at his New York City Hotel, Dec. 9, 1977.
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Actor Gene Wilder looks thoughtful during an interview during which he talked about his view of comedy in general and his new film, "The World's Greatest Lover," in particular, Dec. 27, 1977, New York. The film is Truly Wilder?s creation: in addition to starring in the picture, he also wrote, produced and directed it.
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Actor Gene Wilder is shown at NBC studios, June 26, 1979, New York. Wilder had just appeared on the "Today" show to promote his Warner?s Bros. film, "The Frisco Kid."
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Actor Gene Wilder is shown at NBC studios, June 26, 1979, New York. Wilder had just appeared on the "Today" show to promote his Warners Bros. film, "The Frisco Kid."
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Actor Gene Wilder is shown in December 1980.
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Actor Gene Wilder, left, gets a kiss from co-star Joan Severance during a premiere benefit for their new movie "See No Evil, Hear No Evil" Wednesday, May 11, 1989, New York. The benefit was held for the New York League for the Hard of Hearing.
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Comedian Gilda Radner, left, and Gene Wilder, kiss for photographers in this photograph following their private wedding ceremony, 1984, France.
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Actor Leonard Nimoy, left, chats with Gene Wilder at the screening of the movie ?Never Forget? Tuesday, March 20, 1991, New York. Nimoy portrays concentration camp survivor Mel Mermelstein who was challenged in 1980 by a revisionist group to prove that Jews were gassed in camps.
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Gene Wilder stands next to a cut-out caricature of Gilda Radner after cutting the red ribbon at the opening of Gilda's Club in the West Village section of New York City, June 8, 1995. Wilder, who was married to Radner when she died of ovarian cancer in 1989, founded the club which will offer therapy, lectures, workshops and parties for people with cancer and their families.
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Actor Gene Wilder, left, and tennis player Mary Pierce, watch tennis action at the U.S. Open in New York Saturday Sept. 9, 1995.
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Actor Gene Wilder signs copies of his new book "The Woman Who Would'nt" at Barnes and Noble, Wednesday, March 26, 2008, in New York. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer)
Actor Gene Wilder, right, sits with wife Karen before he is introduced to receive the Governor's Awards for Excellence in Culture and Tourism at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford, Conn., Tuesday, April 9, 2008. Wilder was one of four recipients of the award given by the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism.
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Lee Meredith, upper right, and Kenneth Mars, upper left with Gene Wilder and Zero Mostel in a scene from the movie "The Producers" July 1967.
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Lee Meredith with Zero Mostell, left, and Gene Wilder in a scene from the movie "The Producers" July 1967.
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Actor Gene Wilder greets an unidentified person while watching the men's finals championship at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Monday, Sept. 14, 2009.
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Gene Wilder is shown in character as he films Tri Star Pictures' "See No Evil, Hear No Evil" with Richard Pryor in 1989.
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Actor Gene Wilder walks through Los Angeles International Airport after a plane on which he and O.J. Simpson were fellow passengers, landed in Los Angeles, May 16, 1996. Simpson was returning to Los Angeles following a four-day public appearance tour of Great Britain.
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Gene Wilder, right, and a unidentified friend watch a men's semifinal match between Rafael Nadal, of Spain, and Mikhail Youzhny, of Russia, at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010.
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