One of the last filmed interviews given by Gene Wilder was with Robert Osborne June 12, 2013 at New York’s 92nd Street Y. The conversation took place the day after the actor’s 80th birthday. The actor passed away Sunday in Stamford, Conn. from complications due to Alzheimer’s.
Wilder started off with Osborne by decrying the “swearing” that gradually took over the art of Hollywood film comedy. He then segued to memories of making films like Young Frankenstein and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, as well as of co-stars like Richard Pryor:
“The first one [Silver Streak] was very good, we got along really swell.
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