Saturday, November 5, 2011

Leonard Stone Dead: 'Willy Wonka' Actor Who Played Violet's Dad Dies At 87

ENCINITAS, Calif. — Leonard Stone, who played the father who accompanied chronic gum-chewer Violet Beauregarde on a tour through a far-out candy palace in "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory," has died.

Granddaughter Lindsey Fryman-Borchard tells The Associated Press that Stone died of cancer Wednesday in Encinitas, Calif., a day before his 88th birthday.


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