RECORDS
Actor Gene Wilder, original ‘Willy Wonka’, dies at 83
Tuesday, August 30, 2016
By SANDY COHEN
AP Entertainment Writer
LOS ANGELES — Gene
Wilder, the frizzy-haired
actor who brought his deft
comedic touch to such
unforgettable roles as the
neurotic accountant in “The
Producers” and the mad
scientist of “Young Franken-
stein,” has died. He was 83.
Wilder’s nephew said
Monday that the actor and
writer died late Sunday
at his home in Stamford,
Connecticut, from compli-
cations from Alzheimer’s
disease.
Jordan Walker-Pearlman
said in a statement that
Wilder was diagnosed with
the disease three years ago,
but kept the condition private
so as not to disappoint fans.
“He simply couldn’t
bear the idea of one less
smile in the world,” Walk-
er-Pearlman said.
Wilder started his acting
career on the stage, but
millions knew him from
his work in the movies,
especially his collabora-
tions with Mel Brooks on
“The Producers,” “Blazing
Saddles”
and
“Young
Frankenstein.” The last ilm
— with Wilder playing a
California-born descendant
of the mad scientist, insisting
that his name is pronounced
“Frahn-ken-SHTEEN” —
was co-written by Brooks
and Wilder.
AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File
In this April 2008 ile photo, actor Gene Wilder listens
as he is introduced to receive the Governor’s Awards
for Excellence in Culture and Tourism at the Legis-
lative Ofice Building in Hartford, Conn. Wilder, who
starred in such ilm classics as “Willy Wonka and the
Chocolate Factory” and “Young Frankenstein” has
died. He was 83.
“Gene Wilder, one of
the truly great talents of our
time, is gone,” Brooks wrote
in a statement Monday. “He
blessed every ilm we did
together with his special
magic and he blessed my
life with his friendship. He
will be so missed.”
With his unkempt hair
and big, buggy eyes, Wilder
was a master at playing
panicked characters caught
up in schemes that only a
madman such as Brooks
could devise, whether
reviving a monster in
“Young Frankenstein” or
bilking Broadway in “The
Producers.” Brooks would
call him “God’s perfect prey,
the victim in all of us.”
But he also knew how to
keep it cool as the boozing
gunslinger in “Blazing
Saddles” or the charming
candy man in the children’s
favorite “Willy Wonka and
the Chocolate Factory.” His
craziest role: the therapist
having an affair with a sheep
in Woody Allen’s “Every-
thing You Wanted to Know
About Sex.”
“The greatest comedic
mind of my childhood is
now gone,” actor Josh Gad
wrote on Twitter. “#RIP
#GeneWilder & thank you 4
your pure imagination. This
one hits hard.”
Tweeted Jim Carrey:
“Gene Wilder was one of the
funniest and sweetest ener-
gies ever to take a human
form. If there’s a heaven he
has a Golden Ticket.”
Wilder was close friends
with Richard Pryor and
their contrasting personas
— Wilder uptight, Pryor
loose — were ideal for
comedy. They co-starred in
four ilms: “Silver Streak,”
“Stir Crazy,” “See No Evil,
Hear No Evil” and “Another
You.” And they created
several memorable scenes,
particularly when Pryor
provided Wilder with direc-
tions on how to “act black”
as they tried to avoid police
in “Silver Streak.”
But Wilder would insist
in a 2013 interview that he
was no comedian. He told
interviewer Robert Osborne
it was the biggest miscon-
ception about him.
“What a comic, what
a funny guy, all that stuff!
And I’m not. I’m really
not. Except in a comedy in
ilms,” Wilder said. “But I
make my wife laugh once
or twice in the house, but
nothing special. But when
people see me in a movie
and it’s funny then they stop
and say things to me about
‘how funny you were.’ But I
don’t think I’m that funny. I
think I can be in the movies.”
PUBLIC SAFETY LOG
FRIDAY
9:09 a.m. - Medication was
reported stolen from Daisy’s
Adult Foster Home, 16 S.W.
12th Ave., Milton-Freewater.
10:44 a.m. - A resident
of Southwest Nye Avenue,
Pendleton, reported her son
stole three Ziploc bags full of
quarters from her home.
10:44 a.m. - The rear
driver’s side tire of a car was
slashed on Northeast Third
Street, Hermiston, the car’s
owner reported to Hermiston
police.
11:29 a.m. - A woman at
Wal-Mart Super Center, 2203
S.W. Court Ave., Pendleton,
reported she tried to pet a dog
and the owners threatened
to punch her in the face. She
requested contact from a
Pendleton police oficer.
11:57 a.m. - Pendleton
police were called after a
woman using the ATM at Bank
of the West, 416 S.W. 20th
St., was followed back to her
car by a man who then tried
to get into the passenger side
of her car, which was locked.
The woman left the area but
talked to bank staff and they
suggested she report the
incident to the police. The
caller described the man, who
had walked toward Dean’s
Market & Deli, but police were
unable to ind him.
12:06 p.m. - A resident
of Southeast 11th Street,
Pendleton, reported the
theft of personal paperwork
including birth certiicate and
Social Security card. She
requested contact from a
Pendleton police oficer.
12:10 p.m. - A Marine
Corps sergeant conducting
a service at Sunset Hills
Cemetery in Umatilla
contacted Umatilla police after
inding a snake tied up to the
doors of the Seventh-day
Adventist Church next door to
the cemetery.
2:53 p.m. - A resident of
Lexington reported to the
Morrow County Sheriff’s Ofice
they received a scam call
regarding cooperating with the
grand jury or else he would be
arrested. The caller provided
the phone number for the
scammer.
3:21 p.m. - Pendleton
police received a report of
a man who tried to steal a
package off the front porch
of a residence on Northwest
Horn Avenue. Police were
unable to locate the man.
7:16 p.m. - Juveniles were
reportedly “screwing around
on construction equipment”
near Pendleton High School
and West Hills Intermediate
School. A school district
oficial reported construction
personnel were en route to the
site, but requested Pendleton
police respond as well.
8:42 p.m. - An aggressive
opossum held a family
hostage in their house on
Southeast Seventh Street,
Pendleton, until a resident
called Pendleton police for
help.
9:01 p.m. - The Morrow
County Sheriff’s Ofice,
Boardman Fire Department
and Boardman ambulance
were called to the vicinity of
Desert Road and Frontage
Lane near Boardman by
a caller who said he came
across a rollover accident on
an access road off Interstate
84 and that he had an
occupant of the vehicle in
his car. The caller said the
man had a cut on his head
and back pain. At 10:39
p.m. a sheriff’s deputy called
dispatch and requested they
contact the day shift deputies
to request a sign for the area
from the Morrow County Road
Department warning about
some of the curves in the
road. The deputy said this is
the third wreck in the area,
and that people aren’t seeing
the curves and are driving
straight off the road.
9:04 p.m. - A resident of
Joy Lane, Hermiston, reported
a “wild cat” growled at her
when she went outside. The
caller said the cat was not
housecat size but larger, and
thinks there might be two of
them in the area.
SATURDAY
5:49 a.m. - A newspaper
carrier reported two fawns
tangled up in a fence on
Southeast Gilmore Street,
Heppner. The Morrow County
Sheriff’s Department and the
city of Heppner responded
and freed the deer.
8:31 a.m. - A wallet was
reported stolen out of a locked
vehicle in the 400 block
of South Elizabeth Street,
Milton-Freewater.
9:03 a.m. - Three bicycles
were stolen from the 800
block of Lamb Street,
Milton-Freewater, about two
weeks ago, the bikes’ owner
reported.
1:42 p.m. - A resident of
Hidaway Springs Road, Ukiah,
called the Umatilla County
Sheriff’s Ofice to report two
men who came to his gate
on 4-wheelers and asked to
come on the property to walk
around and take pictures of
the cabins. When the caller
refused, one of the men shot
toward him with a .44 pistol,
and also had a rile with him.
The two men then rode south
on 5450 Road. The caller
provided descriptions of the
men, and requested contact
from a deputy.
4:29 p.m. - A Hermiston
resident reported the windows
on the front and back of a
garage at property he owns on
West Hermiston Avenue have
been broken out.
7:23 p.m. - A resident of
the 900 block of Cowl Street,
Milton-Freewater, reported
damage to her fence and the
theft of wind chimes off her
property.
7:26 p.m. - A man reported
inding what he thought might
be a poached spike elk near
Ditch Creek cabin on top of
Copple Butte earlier in the day
while hunting in the area.
SUNDAY
12:54 a.m. - A man left
his wallet on the coffee table
in his home on South Main
Street, Pendleton, and went
to sleep. When he woke up,
he said, the wallet was on the
loor and more than $500 was
missing. He requested contact
from a Pendleton police
oficer.
1:09 a.m. - Two people
on 4-wheelers were reported
driving up and down East
Punkin Center Road,
Hermiston, and then back and
forth between there and the
Short Stop. The caller said
they are driving fast and all
over the road. Umatilla County
sheriff’s deputies were unable
to ind the culprits.
4:25 a.m. - The owner
of Age of Woods, 125 S.W.
18th St., Pendleton, reported
someone trying to break in
through the back door with a
crowbar.
9:17 a.m. - Someone
entered a home in the 100
block of Northeast Sixth
Avenue, Milton-Freewater, and
stole cash, the homeowner
reported.
10:17 a.m. - A bicycle
was reported stolen from the
700 block of Evans Street,
Milton-Freewater, sometime
during the night.
11:11 a.m. - Someone
rummaged through three
vehicles at a residence on
Carolina Road, Umatilla, but
not a whole lot was taken —
except an ashtray. A second
caller from Carolina Road also
reported her vehicle broken
into at 1:49 p.m.
12:46 p.m. - A manager at
Taco Bell, 2001 S.W. Court
Place, Pendleton, reported
the safe was short more than
$300 from the previous night’s
crew. She requested contact
from a Pendleton police
oficer.
1:48 p.m. - A man called
the Milton-Freewater police to
report damage to his vehicle
the previous day, possibly
from a irearm, in the 1300
block of South Mill Street.
4:25 p.m. - A resident
of West Van Buren Street,
Athena, requested contact
from a Umatilla County
sheriff’s deputy or his parole
oficer, claiming Joe Dirt stole
items from him and left a
threatening message. The
man’s neighbor called the
sheriff’s ofice at 6:40 p.m.
to report that the man had
been “cussing and screaming
across the street” all day and
he was tired of listening to
him. Another neighbor called
at 6:51 p.m. to report she, too,
was tired of listening to him
and requested contact from
a deputy. The irst neighbor
called again at 8:13 p.m. to
report the screaming and
cursing had resumed, and
requested contact.
5:38 p.m. - A man reported
his son broke into his house
on Southwest Hailey Avenue,
Pendleton, and damaged a
door but was unsure whether
anything had been taken.
8:52 p.m. - A vehicle on
East Darwin Street, Athena,
was broken into sometime
during the day and a rile and
pistol, among other items,
were stolen.
ARRESTS, CITATIONS
Friday
•Milton-Freewater police
arrested Miguel Angel
Rodriguez, 19, 116 N.W.
Sixth Ave., Milton-Freewater,
for harassment constituting
domestic violence and
third-degree criminal mischief.
•Pendleton police arrested
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address not provided, for
aggravated fourth-degree
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•Pendleton police arrested
Cody James Gay, 19, address
not provided, on charges of
irst-degree theft, irst- and
second-degree burglary
(other structures) and criminal
conspiracy, all felonies,
and on two felony and one
misdemeanor failure to appear
warrants.
•Oregon State Police
arrested Laura Belle Lewis,
53, of Weston, for driving
under the inluence of intoxi-
cants (controlled substance).
Saturday
•The Morrow County
Sheriff’s Department arrested
Bianney Nathaniel Perez
Rojas, 37, address not
provided, for possession of
methamphetamine, criminal
possession of forged instru-
ment and irst-degree forgery,
all felonies, misdemeanor
giving false information to
police, and on felony and
misdemeanor failure to appear
warrants.
•Umatilla police arrested
Joseph James Ashley Burns,
21, address not provided,
for irst-degree burglary and
fourth-degree aggravated
assault, both felonies, and
for second-degree theft,
harassment-offensive
physical contact, menacing
and second degree criminal
mischief (vandalism), all
misdemeanors.
•Pendleton police cited and
released Lisa Ganuelas, age
and address not provided, for
duii (alcohol).
Sunday
•Milton-Freewater police
arrested Julie Marie Moore,
42, address not provided,
for irst-degree burglary and
possession of methamphet-
amine, both felonies, and for
irst-degree criminal trespass
and third-degree theft, both
misdemeanors.
East Oregonian
DEATH NOTICES
Richard Gibson
Bremerton, Wash.
Sept. 7, 1937-Aug. 23, 2016
Former Hermiston and Stanield-area resident Richard
Gibson, 79, died Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016, in Bremerton, Wash.
He was born Sept. 7, 1937, in Klamath Falls. A private family
celebration of life will be held at a later date. Lewis Funeral
Chapel of Bremerton handled arrangements.
Gladys E. Hagerty
Hermiston
Aug. 15, 1933-Aug. 27, 2016
Gladys E. Hagerty, 83, of Hermiston died Saturday, Aug.
27, 2016, in Hermiston. She was born Aug. 15, 1933, in
Montana. A celebration of life service will be held Thursday,
Sept. 1 at 11 a.m. at Burns Mortuary chapel in Hermiston.
Burial will be at Willamette National Cemetery in Portland.
Burns Mortuary of Hermiston is in care of arrangements. Sign
the online guest book at burnsmortuaryhermiston.com
Lillian Mitzimberg
Pendleton
Nov. 14, 1919-Aug. 25, 2016
Lillian Mitzimberg, 96, of Pendleton died Thursday, Aug.
25, 2016, in Pendleton. She was born Nov. 14, 1919, in
Pendleton. Graveside services will be held Tuesday, Sept. 6
at 2 p.m. at Olney Cemetery in Pendleton. Pendleton Pioneer
Chapel, Folsom-Bishop is in charge of arrangements. Online
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TUESDAY, AUG. 30
BOYER, LINDA — Funeral services at 11 a.m.
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Milton-Freewater. Concluding services and interment will
follow at the Milton-Freewater Cemetery.
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at the Heppner United Methodist Church, 175 W. Church St.
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