Denise Nickerson, best known for her role as bubble-gum blowing Violet Beauregarde in ''Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory'', has died at age 62.
Denise Nickerson, best known for her role as the bratty, bubble-gum blowing Violet Beauregarde in"Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" died Wednesday night after complications from seizures and a stroke, her family said.Nickerson's son, Josh, and his wife, Jasmine, announced on Facebook that she had died, writing"She's gone." Jasmine told NBC News that she died at about 10:15 p.m.
Early Wednesday, the family decided to take her off anti-seizure medication and an oxygen pump because"none of it was helping, but making her only more uncomfortable." Nickerson was a young teen when she portrayed the gum-obsessed, self-centered Violet opposite Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka in the 1971 film version of"Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory," based on the popular children's book"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl.
Nickerson also had roles in"Dark Shadows," and other television shows and movies throughout the 1960s and 1970s before retiring. Her family said she went on to make a living as an accountant.
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