Willy Wonka as well as the Chocolate Factory's Leonard Stone Dies at 87

Leonard Stone Character actor Leonard Stone, who's most broadly noted for representing Crimson Beauregarde's father inside the 1971 film Willy Wonka as well as the Chocolate Factory, has died, according to TMZ. He was 87.The actor, who died eventually shy of his 88th birthday, happen to be fighting cancer. Start to see the other stars we now have lost this yearStone's character in Willy Wonka infamously uttered the street, "Crimson, you're turning crimson!" after his gum-striking daughter broadened in to a human blueberry because she broke among Wonka's rules.Stone acquired a Tony nomination in 1959 for his role in Redhead. His TV credits include L.A. Law, Gunsmoke, M*A*S*H, General Hospital, Hill Street Blues and Mission: Impossible.