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The Original Willy Wonka, Gene Wilder

That’s right. He’s Gene Wilder, the man from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. He’s now known as not only an actor, but also a screenwriter, director, producer, and author, but his first success was really with Woody Allen’s film Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex. The title is enough to probably spar your interest, but he didn’t stop there. He hasn’t been active with acting roles in more recent years, but he he has actively promoted cancer awareness and treatment, after his wife, Gilda, died from ovarian cancer.

Wilder has also been a prolific author with fiction and non-fiction books that include: Kiss Me Like a Stranger: My Search for Love and Art, What Is This Thing Called Love? (2010), My French Whore (2007), The Woman Who Wouldn’t (2008), and Something to Remember You By (2013). He passed away in 2016, due to complications from Alzheimer’s.