Gene Wilder Cause Of Death: How did Gene Wilder passed away?

Jerome Silberman, known professionally as Gene Wilder, was an American actor, comedian, writer and filmmaker.

Gene Wilder is known mainly for his comedic roles, but also for his portrayal of Willy Wonka in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.

Gene Wilder began his career on stage, and made his screen debut in an episode of the TV series The Play of the Week in 1961.

Although Gene Wilder’s first film role was portraying a hostage in the 1967 motion picture Bonnie and Clyde, his first major role was as Leopold Bloom in the 1967 film The Producers for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

This was the first in a series of collaborations with writer/director Mel Brooks, including 1974’s Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein, which Wilder co-wrote, garnering the pair an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay.

Gene Wilder collaborated with Mel Brooks on the films The Producers (1967), Blazing Saddles (1974) and Young Frankenstein (1974), as well as with Richard Pryor in the four films with Silver Streak (1976), Stir Crazy (1980), See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989) and Another You (1991).

After Gene Wilder’s last acting performance in 2003 – a guest role on Will & Grace for which he received an Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor – Wilder turned his attention to writing.

Gene Wilder produced a memoir in 2005, Kiss Me Like a Stranger: My Search for Love and Art; a collection of stories, What Is This Thing Called Love? (2010); and the novels My French Whore (2007), The Woman Who Wouldn’t (2008), and Something to Remember You By (2013).

Gene Wilder died at the age of 83 on August 29, 2016, at home in Stamford, Connecticut, from complications of Alzheimer’s disease.

According to his family, Gene Wilder died while listening to one of his favorite songs, a rendition of “Over the Rainbow” sung by Ella Fitzgerald.