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Mel Stuart, director of ‘Willy Wonka,’ dead at 83

By FRAZIER MOORE - Associated Press

**FILE** Mel Stuart, director of the 1971 film "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory," attends a Oct. 18, 2011, event promoting the 40th anniversary of the popular children's film and the Warner Home Video Ultimate Collector's Edition Blu-ray and DVD launch in New York. (Associated Press/StarPix)

Mel Stuart, director of ‘Willy Wonka,’ dead at 83

By Frazier Moore - Associated Press

Television executive producer David Wolper poses in his office in Los Angeles, Calif., in Aug. 1987. Wolper, whose 1977 miniseries "Roots" became a landmark in television history, has died at the age of 82. Wolper died peacefully in his Beverly Hills home Tuesday evening while watching television with his wife Gloria. Wolper died of congestive heart disease and complications of Parkinson's disease. (AP Photo/Mark Terrill)

David Wolper, producer of ‘Roots,’ dies at 82

By LYNN ELBER - Associated Press