Washington State has its fair share of celebrities, musicians, actors, writers all born and raised in our back yard. Some of them left more than just a mark on the world, some actually changed it for the better.
We'll get to the list and some names may surprise you, or they may leave you saying, "I know way more famous people than that!" If...
I don't think that growing up would have been half as much fun without Gene Wilder. From "Willy Wonka" to "Young Frankenstein" and everything in-between. I bet I say a Gene Wilder quote at least once a month, if not more. "Willy Wonka" will always be my favorite.
His bulbous thumb jammed the pause button and the miniature needle slowly scraped against the disc. He asked if we needed to hear it again. The idling boombox, eager to continue on it's predestined rotation, made a whizzing noise in an oddly quiet classroom of two dozen teens...