Gene Wilder Through the Years

Gene Wilderdied at the age of 83on August 28.

See photos of the late star through the years, ahead.

‘The Producers,’ 1968

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Gene Wilder at the 41st Annual Academy Awards on April 14, 1969

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Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka in Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory in 1971

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Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka and Peter Ostrum as Charlie Bucket on the set of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory in 1971

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Gene Wilder in Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex, But Were Afraid To Ask in 1972

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Gene Wilder on NBC’s The Bell System Family Theatre on September 17, 1972

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Gene Wilder as The Fox on the set of The Little Prince in 1974

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Gene Wilder in Young Frankenstein in 1974

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Gene Wilder With Teri Garr, Marty Feldman, and Mel Brooks in Young Frankenstein in 1974

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Gene Wilder with Richard Pryor in Silver Streak in 1976

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Gene Wilder with Jean Claude Bouis in New York City on December 9, 1977

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Gene Wilder at NBC studios in New York on June 26, 1979

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Gene Wilder in New York Circa 1980

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Gene Wilder With Sidney Poitier, Richard Pryor, and Harry Belafonte Circa 1980

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Gene Wilder in December 1980

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Gene Wilder Filming Hanky Panky With Gilda Radner on August 27, 1981

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Gene Wilder With Gilda Radner at the Premiere Hannah and her Sisters in Los Angeles on January 16, 1986

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Gene Wilder With Gilda Radner Circa 1987

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Gene Wilder Filming See No Evil, Hear No Evil With Richard Pryor on August 30, 1988

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Gene Wilder at the Gilda’s Club Opening in New York City on June 28, 1993

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Gene Wilder With Mary Tyler Moore at the Opening of Gilda’s Club for Cancer Support on October 17, 1993

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Gene Wilder at Gilda’s Club New York City’s Seventh Annual Comedy Gala on November 15, 2001

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Gene Wilder at “An Evening With Gene Wilder” at the 92nd Street Y in New York City on June 13, 2013

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