An Evening With Gene Wilder
Beloved actor Gene Wilder
has passed away at his Connecticut home at the age of 83 — with
The National ENQUIRER having the scoop on the "Willy Wonka' star's
dying days! ENQUIRER reporters rushed to his hometown of Stamford after discovering that neighbors were worried that he was once again fighting cancer — saying Gene was "scarily thin" and "could barely walk."
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Willy Wonka Wilder
GENE ON TODAY'S MOVIE STARS: "I love Leo DiCaprio, but he's been miscast...[As for Brad Pitt], he's a good actor, but he wouldn't do the stuff I did, the comedies. He wouldn't be good at it, either."
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Cleavon Little & Gene Wilder In ‘Blazing Saddles’
ON HIS PREFERRED ACTORS: "The English are my favorite. Anthony Hopkins — he's a great actor. I like Sean Connery, too."
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