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Friday, November 4, 2011

‘Willy Wonka’ Actor Dies

Leonard Stone, the actor who played Violet Beauregarde’s dad in the 1971 classic “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory,” died Wednesday after a bout with cancer. He was 87. Stone also appeared on “Wheel of Fortune” back in 2000, winning $4,250 in cash and a trip to Bermuda. He died just two days before what would have marked his 88th birthday.

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