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'Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory' director Mel Stuart dies at age 83
AP via Fox News ^ | August 10, 2012 | Frazier Moore

Posted on 08/10/2012 2:43:10 PM PDT by EveningStar

Mel Stuart, an award-winning documentarian who also directed "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory," has died. He was 83.

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1 posted on 08/10/2012 2:43:22 PM PDT by EveningStar
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To: Borges; DollyCali; Perdogg

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2 posted on 08/10/2012 2:44:10 PM PDT by EveningStar
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To: EveningStar; Revolting cat!
Unusual funeral is going to require 12 pallbearers rather than the traditional 6.


3 posted on 08/10/2012 3:52:47 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Eric Holder's NAACP rally against the voter ID laws required the press to bring govt issue photo ID.)
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To: EveningStar
I saw the chocolate factory. It is a huge building in Dar es Salaam. The author saw the building while in the slipway area and used that as the inspiration for the chocolate factory.
4 posted on 08/10/2012 4:05:50 PM PDT by sharpee
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To: EveningStar
I saw the chocolate factory. It is a huge building in Dar es Salaam. The author saw the building while in the slipway area and used that as the inspiration for the chocolate factory.
5 posted on 08/10/2012 4:05:50 PM PDT by sharpee
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To: EveningStar

RIP.


6 posted on 08/10/2012 6:06:23 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (If you like lying Socialist dirtbags, you'll love Slick Willard)
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