{"id":2201187,"date":"2024-03-18T13:42:12","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T17:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gene-wilders-widow-reveals-his-last-words\/"},"modified":"2024-03-18T13:47:08","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T17:47:08","slug":"gene-wilders-widow-reveals-his-last-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gene-wilders-widow-reveals-his-last-words\/","title":{"rendered":"Wilder&#8217;s Widow Shares His Final Words"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgene-wilders-widow-reveals-his-last-words%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2201187&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Tender Last Moments of Gene Wilder<\/h2>\n<p>In an \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-bidens-hollywood-bankroller-has-been-paying-for-a-documentary-crew-to-follow-first-son\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden's Hollywood financier funds documentary crew tracking first son\">intimate revelation<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/celebrities\"><strong>Gene Wilder<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s last words were shared\u200c by his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ron-desantis-reveals-that-his-wife-casey-desantis-has-been-diagnosed-with-breast-cancer\/\" title=\"Ron DeSantis Reveals That His Wife Casey DeSantis Has Been Diagnosed With Breast Cancer\">beloved wife<\/a>, Karen Boyer, painting a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bob-sagets-widow-remembers-him-two-years-after-his-death-in-touching-post\/\" title=\"Bob Saget's widow reflects on his passing two years later in a heartfelt post\">poignant picture<\/a> of the actor&#8217;s\u200c final moments before his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/death\"><strong>passing<\/strong><\/a>  in August 2016.<\/p>\n<p>These\u200d touching details were unveiled in the heartfelt <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/entertainment\"><strong>documentary<\/strong><\/a>, \u201cRemembering Gene Wilder,\u201d where Boyer \u2064lovingly recounts the legacy \u2062of the \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/hollywood\"><strong>&#8220;Blazing Saddles&#8221;<\/strong><\/a>  star.<\/p>\n<h3>A Glimpse into Gene&#8217;s Last Day<\/h3>\n<p>Boyer \u2063described\u200d a \u200bsymbolic\u200c moment, one that\u200c would resonate \u200cwith any who\u2063 admired Wilder\u2019s\u2064 zest for life. \u201cHe \u2063hadn\u2019t walked alone [in a long time], and it was just a few days before \u2062he died. I\u200b looked up, and he was walking across the kitchen, then he said, \u2018I \u2064want to go swimming,\u2019&#8221;\u2064 Boyer \u2063recalled, as noted by\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/gene-wilder-widow-recalls-his-touching-last-words-8609304\"><strong>People<\/strong><\/a>. Wilder&#8217;s playful spirit shined through\u2063 as he delighted in the water one \u200bfinal\u200d time. &#8220;He dove into the pool&#8230;and then he\u200d said, \u2018That\u2019s good.\u2019 Went back to bed, and\u200c I\u200c think he just wanted\u200d to get in\u200b the pool one more time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Quietly battling Alzheimer\u2019s disease\u2064 for three years, Wilder \u200cchose to keep\u200b his diagnosis \u2064away from \u2064the public&#8217;s eye, preserving\u2063 the memories of joy and laughter he had spent a lifetime creating.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe music was playing \u2063in the background \u2014 Ella Fitzgerald was singing \u2063\u2018Somewhere Over \u2062the Rainbow,\u2019 and \u200cI \u2062was lying next to him. \u2062He sat up in bed, \u200dand he \u200dsaid, \u2018I trust you.\u2019 \u200dAnd then he \u200dsaid, \u200b\u2018I love you.\u2019 That\u2019s the last\u2063 thing \u2062he said.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Remembering Gene Wilder&#8217;s Legacy<\/h3>\n<p>Wilder\u2019s remarkable career\u2062 spanned\u200b decades, with\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/7-actors-who-deserve-the-nicolas-cage-treatment\/\" title=\"7 Actors Who Deserve The Nicolas Cage Treatment\">iconic roles<\/a> in beloved Hollywood \u200dfilms such as \u201cWilly\u2063 Wonka &#038; \u2062the Chocolate Factory\u201d and collaborations with director\u2064 Mel Brooks on classics like \u201cThe Producers,\u201d \u201cBlazing \u200dSaddles,\u201d and \u201cYoung Frankenstein.\u201d He not only starred in\u2064 but also wrote and\u2062 directed\u2063 films, leaving an indelible mark on the film industry.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CLICK HERE TO GET\u200d THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wilder&#8217;s life was\u2063 rich with love and companionship,\u200c including\u200c his marriages \u200dto Mary Mercier, Mary Joan Schutz, and the beloved \u201cSaturday\u2062 Night Life\u201d actress Gilda Radner, who passed away from cancer \u2062in 1989.<\/p>\n<p>In another\u200d excerpt from the\u200d documentary, Boyer reflects on her time with Wilder. \u201cGene was\u200d wonderful; he was the\u2063 best husband anybody could ask for. To love \u2064and\u2062 be loved is the best gift anybody could ask for, and we \u2062had that,&#8221; she shared.<\/p>\n<p>As \u2062we revisit Wilder\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/covid-19-vaccine-creates-life-altering-surgical-emergencies\/\" title=\"COVID-19 Vaccine Creates Life Altering Surgical Emergencies\">storied life<\/a>, we\u2064 are reminded of \u2062the enduring impression he\u2019s left on both the silver screen and in the hearts\u200d of those \u2064closest \u2062to him. Karen \u200dBoyer&#8217;s memories offer a\u2062 deeply humanizing view of a man whose talent\u200d made the world \u200claugh, yet whose final words reaffirmed\u200d a simple, profound truth:\u2063 love is indeed the greatest gift of all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karen Boyer, Gene Wilder&#8217;s fourth wife, disclosed his last words in a touching moment featured in the documentary &#8220;Remembering Gene Wilder.&#8221; Married since 1991, Boyer stayed by the &#8220;Blazing Saddles&#8221; star&#8217;s side until his 2016 passing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":345,"featured_media":2201188,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/03\/Gene-Wilder-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2201187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/03\/Gene-Wilder-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2201187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/345"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2201187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2201187\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2201188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2201187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2201187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2201187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}