# 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:** 7\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2016, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gene-wilder-has-died/764426/81 "2016-08-30T08:27:33Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > That’s true. His first two marriages ended in divorce, so his marriage to Gilda truly was “until death do us part.” Not like his fourth marriage?😕 ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2016, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gene-wilder-has-died/764426/82 "2016-08-30T08:46:18Z")
> [@standingwave](#): > > Not like his fourth marriage?😕 Why are you confused? Why couldn’t both marriages be “until death”? Until Gilda’s death for his third marriage and his own death for his final one? My point was, his third marriage seems more genuine than his first two because it didn’t end in divorce, if that helps to clear up your confusion. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2016, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gene-wilder-has-died/764426/83 "2016-08-30T16:20:12Z")
_Variety_ has a nice obit: [Gene Wilder Dead: 'Young Frankenstein' Star Was 83 - Variety](http://variety.com/2016/film/news/gene-wilder-dead-dies-willie-wonka-young-frankenstein-1201846745/) ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_John\_Marcej](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Richard\_John\_Marcej](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_John_Marcej)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2016, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gene-wilder-has-died/764426/84 "2016-08-30T17:54:31Z")
> [@JohnGalt](#): > > OK, if you insist: “Wilder actually had four wives.” > > I’ll miss him, but since he hasn’t acted for over a decade, at least we still can watch his classics. I hope TCM and others have a tribute weekend planned. I haven’t seen it posted here yet, so… Thursday, September 29 - Tribute to Gene Wilder on TCM (EST times) 8:00PM - Role Model: Gene Wilder 9:15PM - Young Frankenstein 11:15PM- Role Model: Gene Wilder 12:30AM- Start the Revolution Without Me 2:15AM - The Frisco Kid 4:30AM - Bonnie and Clyde ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2016, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gene-wilder-has-died/764426/85 "2016-09-01T13:24:18Z")
Nobody’s mentioned his short-lived TV series Something Wilder. To this date, I can’t hear the name [Alice Cooper](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mtz8OYbTJJg) without thinking “Barney.” I’ll miss your acting, Gene. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gene-wilder-has-died/764426/86 "2016-09-02T20:57:40Z")
A lot of people forget the theater role that first put Wilder on the map: he played the shy, stuttering Billy Bibbit in Kirk Douglas’ Broadway production of _ **One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.** _ ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Mama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5ac83/32.png) [@Atomic\_Mama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Mama)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gene-wilder-has-died/764426/87 "2016-09-02T21:05:50Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > Actually, the obscure Gene Wilder movie I love and haven’t seen since seeing it theatrically was “Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx” - he’s the title character, a guy in an Irish city who picks up horseshit and sells it to people with window boxes, and just happens to service all of the women on his route as well. It’s all about how he’s going to America to live with his cousin… until. > > Not sure if it’s available anywhere. I know I’ve looked in past eras and not found it. +1. One of my all-time-favorite movies … and nobody else in the world has seen it! Except you & me. 🆒 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gene-wilder-has-died/764426.md?page=4)