Who Played Willy Wonka in WIlly Wonka and the Chocolate Factory? Music and Movies Number 1 Songs by da jack hayford - August 31, 2016March 18, 20230 Brilliant comic actor and writer (and fine singer and dancer too!) Gene Wilder, AKA WIlly Wonka, AKA The Candyman, passed away August 29th 2016 at his home in Connecticut from complications surrounding his long (and largely unknown) diagnosis with Alzhiemer's disease. He was 83 years old. Willy Wonka is the Man—The
