COOPER: Well, the world has lost one of its great talents, actor Gene Wilder has died of complications from Alzheimer's. He was best known for collaborations with Mel Brooks. His screen credits include the producers, "Blazing Saddles", "Young Frankenstein." He was also an accomplished stage actor, screenwriter director. For many, one of his best loved roles was the title character, "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory."</s>GENE WILDER, ACTOR: You stole Fizzy-Lifting Drinks. You bumped into the ceiling, which now has to be washed and sterilized, so you get nothing. You lose. Good day, sir.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You're a crook. You're a cheat and a swindler. That's what you are. How could you do a thing like this? Build up a little boy's hopes, and then smash all his dreams to pieces? You're an inhuman monster.</s>WILDER: I said, good day.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Come on, Charlie. I'll get even with him if it's the last thing I ever do. If Slugworth wants a Gobstopper, he'll get one.</s>CHARLIE: Mr. Wonka?</s>WILDER: So shines a good deed in a weary world.</s>COOPER: A weary world in deed, but made much better because of Gene Wilder. If you haven't seen "Willy Wonka" or "Blazing Saddles" or "The Producers," if you haven't see the "The Producers" I urge you to rent it. He was truly extraordinary. He was 83 years old. Thanks for watching. Time for "CNN TONIGHT" with Don Lemon.
Gene Wilder Dies At 83.