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Gene Wilder Through the Years
Gene Wilder died at the age of 83 on August 28. The beloved, Oscar-nominated actor, who earned credits for famed titles like Young Frankenstein, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, and Blazing Saddles, got his start in the '60s, pictured above in The Producers with Lee Meredith and Zero Mostel. See photos of the late star through the years, ahead.
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Gene Wilder at the 41st Annual Academy Awards on April 14, 1969
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Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka in Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory in 1971
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Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka and Peter Ostrum as Charlie Bucket on the set of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory in 1971
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Gene Wilder in Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex, But Were Afraid To Ask in 1972
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Gene Wilder on NBC's The Bell System Family Theatre on September 17, 1972
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Gene Wilder as The Fox on the set of The Little Prince in 1974
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Gene Wilder in Young Frankenstein in 1974
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Gene Wilder With Teri Garr, Marty Feldman, and Mel Brooks in Young Frankenstein in 1974
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Gene Wilder with Richard Pryor in Silver Streak in 1976
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Gene Wilder with Jean Claude Bouis in New York City on December 9, 1977
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Gene Wilder at NBC studios in New York on June 26, 1979
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Gene Wilder in New York Circa 1980
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Gene Wilder With Sidney Poitier, Richard Pryor, and Harry Belafonte Circa 1980
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Gene Wilder in December 1980
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Gene Wilder Filming Hanky Panky With Gilda Radner on August 27, 1981
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Gene Wilder With Gilda Radner at the Premiere Hannah and her Sisters in Los Angeles on January 16, 1986
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Gene Wilder With Gilda Radner Circa 1987
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Gene Wilder Filming See No Evil, Hear No Evil With Richard Pryor on August 30, 1988
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Gene Wilder at the Gilda's Club Opening in New York City on June 28, 1993
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Gene Wilder With Mary Tyler Moore at the Opening of Gilda's Club for Cancer Support on October 17, 1993
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Gene Wilder at Gilda's Club New York City's Seventh Annual Comedy Gala on November 15, 2001
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