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: Icarus was a test pilot (galwithglasses) wrote,
2016-08-29 20:41:00

Icarus was a test pilot
galwithglasses
2016-08-29 20:41:00

Gene Wilder

Seems like this year has been one long memorial for one person or other. Today it's Gene Wilder. If you had asked me how old he was, I wouldn't have thought 83. Somehow, he has always been timeless for me. I liked him a great deal and always thought of him as a gentle man. I have no idea what he was like as a private citizen. I only knew him from his acting and a hazy recollection of an interview with him several years after Gildna Radner had passed away. He is Willy Wonka to me with his singing "Pure Imagination" and his top hat. His entrance in the movie is one of my favorite things he's done.

The other bit of his that sticks in my head is the Puttin' on the Ritz song and dance from Young Frankestein.

Thank you, Mr. Wilder, for all the laughter you've given me. I wish you peace.

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Carrie Fisher

As if this year hasn't kicked us in the teeth enough. Peace to you, Carrie. Thanks for a heroine with spunk and grit.
It's been 7 hours and 13 days.....

Peace rest on you, wherever you've gone.
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Gene Wilder

Carrie Fisher

It's been 7 hours and 13 days.....

Are they really sure that April is the cruelest month?

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