By James A. Lyons
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Mel Stuart, an award-winning documentarian who also directed "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory," has died. He was 83.
David L. Wolper, whose 1977 miniseries Roots _ a generational saga of an American family _ became a landmark in television history, has died. He was 82.

David L. Wolper, whose landmark 1977 miniseries "Roots" engrossed the nation with its saga of an American family descended from an African slave, has died. He was 82.
"Arnold Schwarzenegger can't do that," he said.
"I make it happen," Wolper said in a 1999 Associated Press interview.