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Remembering Gene Wilder, the Star of 'Young Frankenstein' and 'Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory,' Who Died at Age 83 - The Atlantic
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Gene Wilder appeared frail, but still with a sparkle in his eye at final public appearance last year - Irish Mirror Online
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