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Video: Willy Wonka star Gene Wilder dies aged 83

American movie actor and director Gene Wilder has died at the age of 83.

Wilder played a range of comic roles, including Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, often drawing comparisons to Charlie Chaplin.

Al Jazeera’s Tom Ackerman looks back at Wilder’s career.

(Al Jazeera English YouTube channel)

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