Gene Wilder, whose curly hair and startled blue eyes gave an uneasy air and enduring the roles in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and "Blazing Saddles West," died on Monday at age 83, said his family.
Wilder, whose best work took place in collaboration with the director and writer Mel Brooks and actor Richard Pryor, died at his home in Stamford, Connecticut, of complications from Alzheimer's disease, said a family statement.
Jordan Walker-Pearlman, the actor's nephew, said Wilder had chosen to keep Alzheimer secret so that children who knew him as Willy Wonka not vinculassem the playful character with an adult disease.
Hysteria hardly contained Wilder did a regular choice of director and writer Mel Brooks, who cast him in "Blazing Saddles West," "The Young Frankenstein" and "Springtime for Hitler" in the 1960s and 70s.
In addition to classic collaborations with Brooks, Wilder made a memorable partnership with comedian Richard Pryor in the hits "Chicago Express" and "Crazy Dar Node".
Wilder began to fight for awareness of ovarian cancer and in favor of treating the disease after his wife, comedian Gilda Radner of "Saturday Night Live", whom he married in 1984, died of cancer in 1989.
He helped found the Ovarian Cancer Identification Center Gilda Radner in Los Angeles and was a founder of the Gilda Club, a support group that has chapters across the country.
Brooks talked about Wilder's death on Twitter: "Gene Wilder, one of the truly great talents of our time He blessed all the films we made with his magic and he blessed me with their friendship.."
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