Gene Wilder, star of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory and Mel Brooks comedies such as The Producers, Blazing Saddles and Silent Movie, is dead at 83, his family says. Gene Wilder, left, and Richard Pryor are shown in this December 1980 handout photo, shortly after the release of Stir Crazy. Gene Wilder was one of the funniest and sweetest energies ever to take a human form. Gene Wilder, an avid tennis fan, is shown with his wife Karen Boyer at the 2007 U.S. Open in New York City. American actor Gene Wilder performs alongside Rolf Saxon, during a rehearsal of Neil Simon's Laughter on the 23rd Floor on Oct. 2 1996.

Source: CBC News August 29, 2016 19:46 UTC