• Culture
  • 30 Aug 16

World Reacts to Gene Wilder Death

World Reacts to Gene Wilder Death
The Hot Press Newsdesk
The Hot Press Newsdesk

Tributes have poured in after the death of Gene Wilder yesterday. The star of classics such as Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles, passed away from complications from Alzheimer's disease at his home in Connecticut.


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You can read the full statement from his family below:

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