Gene Shalit, a popular longtime Today movie critic, has died. He was 100.
Shalit’s family confirmed the news to NBC News on Friday, June 12, sharing that he “passed away peacefully today after 100 years of an amazing life.”
The family also reflected on his decades-long television career, describing his time on Today “an extraordinary era for him.”
A fixture on morning television for nearly four decades, Shalit became one of America’s most recognizable film critics during his tenure on the NBC program. He became famous for his trademark bushy mustache, colorful wordplay and...
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