Gene Wilder Dies at 83; Star of ‘Willy Wonka’ and ‘Young Frankenstein’ http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/08/30/movies/gene-wilder-dead.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share&_r=0&referer= Man. My dad loved Wilder, and they were the same age.