Actor Gene Wilder remembered

By: News Staff

news@abc6.com

Celebrities are paying tribute to actor gene wilder who passed away at his Connecticut home Monday.

Frequent collaborator, Mel Brooks, said Wilder was one of the greatest talents of our time.

Wilder, known to many for his roles in “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” and “Blazing Saddles” among others, died from complications of Alzheimer’s disease.

He was 83-years-old.

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