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Goodbye to Gene Wilder
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Gail Rubin, The Doyenne of Death, Funeral Expert Gail Rubin, The Doyenne of Death, Funeral Expert
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Dateline: Albuquerque, NM
Wednesday, August 31, 2016

 
Young Frankenstein

Terry Garr, Peter Boyle and Gene Wilder in Young Frankenstein (1974)

The world mourned the death of actor Gene Wilder, whose comic genius is indelibly burned into our collective consciousness in films like Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and The Producers.

He died at the age of 83 due to complications from Alzheimer’s disease. I can’t fathom Gene Wilder as being elderly or demented. He will always be the guy with crazy hair who embodied an amazing gift of making us laugh in his movie roles.

Take for example, this scene from Young Frankenstein (a movie my husband and I quote from frequently):