{"id":733278,"date":"2026-06-13T02:31:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T02:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/733278\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T02:31:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T02:31:10","slug":"gene-shalit-iconic-film-critic-dead-at-100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/733278\/","title":{"rendered":"Gene Shalit, Iconic Film Critic, Dead at 100"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Gene Shalit<br \/>\n                          Legendary Film Critic Dead at 100<\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                        Published<br \/>\n                              June 12, 2026<br \/>\n                            5:23 PM PDT\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260612_71decf90da854f358d9f6f7edae492de\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:a40f1eb1-8deb-4374-b448-fe93a7f662a0\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/71decf90da854f358d9f6f7edae492de_md.jpg\" alt=\"main Gene Shalit getty\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/gene-shalit\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gene Shalit<\/a>, the legendary film critic who &#8212; thanks to his walrus mustache and exuberant personality &#8212; was identifiable as any movie star, has died.<\/p>\n<p>The beloved Hollywood personality and NBC newsman died Friday, his family informed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/pop-culture\/pop-culture-news\/gene-shalit-today-show-movie-critic-dies-100-rcna103405\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">network<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260612_c60ba36af9a148b29b55a6531fe4c1e6\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:a40f1eb1-8deb-4374-b448-fe93a7f662a0\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/c60ba36af9a148b29b55a6531fe4c1e6_md.jpg\" alt=\"sub Gene Shalit getty 2\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The exact cause of death was not released &#8230; but family said Gene died peacefully.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Gene began his illustrious career as a part-time \u201cTODAY\u201d show contributor in 1970 &#8230; and was full-time three years later.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260612_b92657b68c184cdba74e5ea8a0a59c29\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:a40f1eb1-8deb-4374-b448-fe93a7f662a0\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/b92657b68c184cdba74e5ea8a0a59c29_md.jpg\" alt=\"sub Gene Shalit getty\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>It didn&#8217;t take long for Gene to become a household name &#8230; thanks to his insightful reviews, magnificent wordplay, and his classic look.<\/p>\n<p>Gene retired from the biz in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>He was 100.<\/p>\n<p>RIP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gene Shalit Legendary Film Critic Dead at 100 Published June 12, 2026 5:23 PM PDT Gene Shalit, the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":733279,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[49,48,75],"class_list":["post-733278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/733278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=733278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/733278\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/733279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=733278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=733278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=733278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}