HOLLYWOOD, CA - 1989: Actors Richard Pryor (left) and Gene Wilder pose together during a 1989 Hollywood, California, photo portrait session. Pryor and Wilder starred in a string hit films including "Silver Streak" and "Stir Crazy." (Photo by George Rose/Getty Images)
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LONDON - JUNE 07: Actor Gene Wilder poses as he signs copies of his autobiography "Kiss Me Like A Stranger", at Waterstone's, Oxford Street on June 7, 2005 in London, England. The memoirs give an insight into Wilder's failed love life, his experiences of working with stars such as Richard Pryor and Woody Allen, his fight with, and victory over, cancer, and his time in the UK studying acting at the Bristol Old Vic. (Photo by MJ Kim/Getty Images)
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LOS ANGELES, CA - 1987: Star of the original "Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory," actor Gene Wilder, poses during a 1987 Los Angeles, California photo portrait session. Wilder starred with Richard Pryor in a string of hit films including "Silver Streak" and "Stir Crazy." (Photo by George Rose/Getty Images)
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Gene Wilder; Sidney Poitier; Richard Pryor; listening to Harry Belafonte.; circa 1970; New York. (Photo by Art Zelin/Getty Images)
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Leonard Nimoy and Gene Wilder (Photo by Jesse Grant/WireImage)
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