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Gene Shalit, longtime film critic for TODAY, dies at 100

Channel

NBC News

Published

June 13, 2026

BS Score

69.26%

Analysis source

gemini

Gene Shalit, the longtime film critic for NBC’s “TODAY” show whose mustache and exuberant wordplay made him one of television’s most recognizable reviewers, died Friday, his family said. For more context and news coverage of the most important stories of our day, click here: https://www.nbcnews.com » Subscribe to NBC News: http://nbcnews.to/SubscribeToNBC » Subscribe to Here's the Scoop podcast: https://www.nbcnews.com/heres-the-scoop-daily-podcast » NBC News App: https://apps.nbcnews.com/mobile » Breaking News Alerts: https://link.nbcnews.com/join/5cj/breaking-news-signup?cid=sm_npd_nn_yt_bn-clip_190621 » Visit NBCNews.Com: http://nbcnews.to/ReadNBC » Find NBC News on Facebook: http://nbcnews.to/LikeNBC » Follow NBC News on Twitter: http://nbcnews.to/FollowNBC » Follow NBC News on Instagram: http://nbcnews.to/InstaNBC