Tributes are being paid to Gene Wilder, who's died at the age of 83.
The actor, best known for Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Blazing Saddles and The Producers, passed away in Connecticut in the US yesterday.
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His family say he died due to complications from Alzheimer's.
Samuel L Jackson, Steve Martin and Jim Carrey have all been tweeting tributes.
His long-time friend and fellow actor Mel Brooks says he was “one of the truly great talents”, while Stephen Fry described him as a “comic genius”.
