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How Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner became “a match made in meshugas”

JL;DR SUMMARY "Gene & Gilda," a play by Cary Gitter, explores the tumultuous romance between Jewish comedy icons Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner, from their meeting on a film set to Radner's tragic passing from ovarian cancer. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Ovarian CancerMarriageHollywoodTheaterMemoirsGene WilderGilda RadnerComedy1980sJewish Hollywood

Places mentioned

New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
"Gene and Gilda at the George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick, New Jersey"
Los Angeles, California, United States
"Wilder is living off his earnings from Willy Wonka and Mel Brooks movies in a mansion in Los Angeles"
New Brunswick, Connecticut, United States
"Radner ends her marriage and moves from Connecticut to California"
Saint-Tropez, Var, France
"marry in the south of France before the final thirds tragic, inevitable twist."

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