Gene Shalit, 100, former NBC/Today Show movie critic

[KeithE4]

No official cause of death given, other than just being 100. RIP, Gene.

Gene Shalit, ‘TODAY’ show movie critic, dies at 100

He stood out from the broadcast television crowd with his colorful bowties, puffy hair and movie reviews studded with cheeky puns.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[KilowattKat]

There was a time when the movie critic was a celebrity, even had their own show...Siskel and Ebert, Rex Reed, Gene Shalit. Leonard Maltin is still around but retired. Nowadays I can't name even one well known, household name movie critic.

 

[Theater of My Mind]

There was a time when the movie critic was a celebrity, even had their own show...Siskel and Ebert, Rex Reed, Gene Shalit. Leonard Maltin is still around but retired. Nowadays I can't name even one well known, household name movie critic.

Those were the days before you could find aggregated user reviews on the internet.

 

[radiofan2023]

I loved Gene Shalit and his puns, RIP

 

[crainbebo]

I think the closest 'household name' critic we have is Richard Roeper (the one half of Ebert & Roeper), he's still doing movie reviews.
Well done, Gene...a full century of life, and now you get to go up to the skies with an incredible A-list of movie stars waiting for you...plus Siskel & Ebert.
RIP and condolences to his family and friends.

 

[Kemosabe]

I loved Gene Shalit and his puns, RIP

One of them, if memory serves me correctly: "I couldn't give a Van Damme about Jean-Claude."