RIP Gene Wilder

Sad news as Gene Wilder has died at age 83. He’s best known for his work with Mel Brooks in movies like Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein and The Producers.

And of course he played Willy Wonka in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz9jc5blzRM

Wilder was diagnosed with non-Hodgkins lymphoma in 1999, but no details of his death have been released at this time.

UPDATE: Gene’s nephew Jordan Walker-Pearlman released this statement about Gene Wilder:

A bittersweet statement on Gene Wilder from his nephew Jordan Walker Pearlman, why he kept his illness private. pic.twitter.com/m3axKdYwUu

— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) August 29, 2016