Mel Stuart, the acclaimed director of ‘Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory,’ passed away Thursday night in his Los Angeles home at the age of 83.
The original Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory was released in 1971, that was 40 years ago. It was a movie that withstood the generational gap and was remade a couple of years ago. Leonard Stone was a small part of the original movie cast best known as Violet's dad, but he was much more than that, he passed away Wednesday of cancer at the age of 87. Just one day before his 88th birthday.
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