Augustus Gloop: Would you like some chocolate?
Charlie Bucket: Sure.
Augustus Gloop: Then you should've brought some.
[Augustus chomps his chocolate bar.]
Charlie Bucket: Dad...why aren't you at work?
Mr. Bucket: [Looks at Mrs. Bucket.] Well, the toothpaste factory has decided to give me a bit of time off.
Charlie Bucket: Like a summer vacation?
Mr. Bucket: Sure, something like that.
Willy Wonka: [while passing over Oompa Loompahs shaving pink sheep.] I'd rather not talk about this one.
Willy Wonka: Chewing gum is really gross, chewing gum I hate the most.
Willy Wonka: I'm sorry, I was having a flashback.
Mr. Teavee: These flashbacks happen often?
Willy Wonka: Increasingly... Today.
Answer: We are never shown what happened to him but he may have gone to live with relatives or he was simply put into an orphanage.