What did Gene Wilder die of?

In the US, actor Gene Wilder died! It was these tragic words that appeared on the covers of famous western tabloids. About such sad news the nephew of the legendary comic told. The actor lived in his home in Connecticut. He was 83 years old. As it became known, during the last three years, Gene Wilder struggled with Alzheimer's disease , which became the cause of his death.

Biography of Gene Wilder

It turns out Gene Wilder is a pseudonym. The real name of the actor is Jerome Silberman. And he was born in the city of Milwaukee in 1933. The boy was a born comedian. His talent manifested itself in very young years. And the push gave it, oddly enough, the illness of a mother suffering from rheumatism . To ease her condition, the attending physician asked the boy to somehow cheer mom up. And this Jerome was unbeatable. He was so pleased to make people laugh, that he began to insistently ask for a school of acting. And finally, when the boy was 13 years old, his dream came true. But everything went not as smoothly as we would like. Because Silberman was the only Jew in the group, he was mocked and mocked. And then a few years later, realizing that with such a name, mockery can not be avoided, the teenager decided to take a pseudonym.

Participating in various theatrical productions, he had the opportunity to get acquainted with the beginning director Mel Brooks. This meeting was a landmark meeting. In the future, it was through participation in his films that Wilder became known to the whole world as a terrific actor.

The first film with his participation was "Producers", which almost five years did not appear on the screens due to lack of finance, but in the end brought the guy an unprecedented fame. In the future, the creative tandem of Mel and Gin gave the world amazing films "Young Frankenstein", "Brilliant Saddles", "Willy Wonk and the Chocolate Factory". Playing the main characters, the brilliant American actor Gene Wilder literally blessed the pictures with his magic for success.

In addition to filming, he successfully debuted as a director. His most famous works are "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' s clever brother" and "The Woman in Red".

After 1990, Gene almost ceased to act. Now he completely devoted himself to literature. Being a real talent, and in this business he showed himself perfectly. Several of his memoirs and romance novels were published.

Personal life of Gene Wilder

In his life, Wilder was married more than once. The first two marriages ended in divorce. The third wife was Gilda Radner, who was also an actress. But, unfortunately, she died of ovarian cancer. Subsequently, Jin took up charity and opened a rehabilitation center named after the deceased spouse.

For the fourth time our hero signed with Karen Boyer, who was devoted to him until the last days of his life.

In the family of Gene Wilder, there are also children. This is the daughter of Kathryn Wilder. She followed in her father's footsteps and became an actress. For the time being, she has mainly theatrical roles, but perhaps soon we will see her on big screens.

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After the death of actor Gene Wilder, many colleagues on the shop wrote a warm word in the network to him. Mel Brooks called him the greatest talent of our time. Gene passed the old school and was a real comedian. His facial expressions caused laughter only because he looked like that. Among modern "plastic" celebrities such simply does not remain!