![CNN on Twitter: "JUST IN: Gene Wilder, best known for his title role in #WillyWonka, has died at age 83 https://t.co/Zf5jlmn1vH https://t.co/wCDnpmbxPO" / Twitter CNN on Twitter: "JUST IN: Gene Wilder, best known for his title role in #WillyWonka, has died at age 83 https://t.co/Zf5jlmn1vH https://t.co/wCDnpmbxPO" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CrDXVKyXEAAUmIk.jpg)
CNN on Twitter: "JUST IN: Gene Wilder, best known for his title role in #WillyWonka, has died at age 83 https://t.co/Zf5jlmn1vH https://t.co/wCDnpmbxPO" / Twitter
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Gene Wilder Dead - 'Willy Wonka' Actor Dies at 83: Photo 3744712 | Gene Wilder, RIP Pictures | Just Jared
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Gene Wilder died holding hands with family while listening to Somewhere Over the Rainbow | Daily Mail Online
![Remembering Gene Wilder, the Star of 'Young Frankenstein' and 'Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory,' Who Died at Age 83 - The Atlantic Remembering Gene Wilder, the Star of 'Young Frankenstein' and 'Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory,' Who Died at Age 83 - The Atlantic](https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/WQS9u-Qt7hgC95SP5kVX3-jXMno=/74x44:1838x1036/960x540/media/img/mt/2016/08/gene_wilder/original.jpg)