# Gene Wilder has died **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 29, 2016, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gene-wilder-has-died/764426 "2016-08-29T19:32:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gene-wilder-has-died/764426/41 "2016-08-29T20:53:30Z")
I don’t know if any of the links posted so far have the complete statement from his family, but it can be seen [here](https://twitter.com/AustinHunt/status/770353396700282881/photo/1) (and is worth reading). ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gene-wilder-has-died/764426/42 "2016-08-29T20:54:27Z")
“Son of a bitch!” Gonna miss you, Gene. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gene-wilder-has-died/764426/43 "2016-08-29T20:58:13Z")
Alzheimers. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gene-wilder-has-died/764426/44 "2016-08-29T21:05:55Z")
"We have to get on…! We have to get on…! We have so much time and so little to do…! _pause_ Strike that. Reverse it…" :(:(☹ - RIP Gene Wilder “I know, but this is the hand I shoot with…” ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gene-wilder-has-died/764426/45 "2016-08-29T21:15:14Z")
That means Silver Streak will be on this week. That’s how I want to remember him. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gene-wilder-has-died/764426/46 "2016-08-29T21:17:45Z")
This is a sign that Mel Brooks really needs to get off his butt and start working on that Blazing Saddles/Young Frankenstein crossover sequel before he entirely runs out of a cast. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gene-wilder-has-died/764426/47 "2016-08-29T21:39:32Z")
This was a nice boy. This was a good boy. This was a mother’s angel. And I want the world to know once and for all, and without any shame, that we loved him. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gene-wilder-has-died/764426/48 "2016-08-29T21:44:50Z")
Very sad news. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gene-wilder-has-died/764426/49 "2016-08-29T21:47:05Z")
Wilder gets the prize for the best one-word line reading of all time: BART: A man drink like that and don’t eat, he is going to _die_. WACO: [three beats] …When? ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gene-wilder-has-died/764426/50 "2016-08-29T21:56:45Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Gene and Gilda: Together Again I’m sure that is a great comfort to his widow who was married to him for the last 25 years. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gene-wilder-has-died/764426/51 "2016-08-29T21:58:10Z")
There will never be another Wonka. “Now over here, if you’ll follow me, I have something rather special to show you.” You did, sir. You sure did. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gene-wilder-has-died/764426/52 "2016-08-29T22:00:39Z")
I guess Charlie will take over now… ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gene-wilder-has-died/764426/53 "2016-08-29T22:06:55Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Wilder gets the prize for the best one-word line reading of all time: [four beats] “SED-A-GIVE‽” ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gene-wilder-has-died/764426/54 "2016-08-29T22:19:05Z")
I’m so very sad to hear this. His comic timing coupled with superb line read ( intonation ) made him a subtle but powerful comedy force. What a gifted fellow. And, after watching a long interview with him on [Inside The Actors Studio](http://www.sidereel.com/tv-shows/inside-the-actors-studio/season-2/episode-7), I have great respect for him as a gentle person. He worked not just clean but respectfully. How many comedic actors can say that or have that said of them?? Painful timing: This Thursday my Dearly Beloved™ and I are attending a once in a lifetime event: [Blazing Saddles is being screened at Radio City Music Hall with a Q&A with Mel Brooks in person](http://www.radiocity.com/events/2016/september/mel-brooks.html). Bought tickets months ago. Now it will have tears as well as laughter. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gene-wilder-has-died/764426/55 "2016-08-29T22:22:08Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > [four beats] > > “SED-A-GIVE‽” You’re right: he deserves to be a multi-winner. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gene-wilder-has-died/764426/56 "2016-08-29T22:24:06Z")
Damn. I just heard Mel Brooks extoll Mr. Wilder’s virtues a few months ago, on Gene’s birthday. We all sang him “Happy Birthday” with Mr. Brooks. His hometown of Milwaukee is mourning his passing, as am I. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gene-wilder-has-died/764426/57 "2016-08-29T22:26:45Z")
> [@Cartooniverse](#): > > Painful timing: This Thursday my Dearly Beloved™ and I are attending a once in a lifetime event: [Blazing Saddles is being screened at Radio City Music Hall with a Q&A with Mel Brooks in person](http://www.radiocity.com/events/2016/september/mel-brooks.html). > > Bought tickets months ago. Now it will have tears as well as laughter. ☹ You’ll love it. I saw it in Milwaukee earlier this year, on Mr. Wilder’s birthday. But yes, it will be poignant. Mel Brooks will make sure of that. He’s an amazing man too. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gene-wilder-has-died/764426/58 "2016-08-29T22:29:10Z")
RIP Jim aka The Waco Kid. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gene-wilder-has-died/764426/59 "2016-08-29T22:32:03Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > I’m sure that is a great comfort to his widow who was married to him for the last 25 years. Wilder actually had four wives altogether. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2016, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gene-wilder-has-died/764426/60 "2016-08-29T22:46:55Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > Wilder actually had four wives altogether. I know it’s just that I find the fixation of the general public on his windowing kind of creepy. Yes, it was sad but he was married to his last wife longer than all the others combined yet everyone thinks he was in mourning for the rest of his life. Eta: though to be fair, almost the only time you heard of him the last couple decades was very rare appearances doing funding drives for Gilda’s Club so I guess I can’t blame people for thinking that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gene-wilder-has-died/764426.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gene-wilder-has-died/764426.md?page=4)