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BlueWaveNeverEnd

(15,460 posts) Sat Jun 13, 2026, 01:10 AM Jun 13

Gene Shalit, longtime 'Today' show movie critic with bushy hair and massive mustache, dies at 100

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Gene Shalit, longtime 'Today' show movie critic with bushy hair and massive mustache, dies at 100 (Original Post) BlueWaveNeverEnd Jun 13 OP

RIP Gene Shalit Coldwater Jun 13 #1

If asked, i would have thought hed died too. Glad he had 100 years BlueWaveNeverEnd Jun 13 #3

He was a character. OAITW r.2.0 Jun 13 #2

I remember him. A character but good at his job. scipan Jun 13 #4

R-I-P Gene 🙏 nt Raine Jun 13 #5

RIP Gene. 😞 Raftergirl Jun 13 #6

Coldwater

(1,360 posts)

1. RIP Gene Shalit

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Sat Jun 13, 2026, 01:12 AM

Jun 13

Good for him living that long,

For some reason I thought he had died 10 years ago.

BlueWaveNeverEnd

(15,460 posts)

3. If asked, i would have thought hed died too. Glad he had 100 years

Reply to Coldwater (Reply #1)

Sat Jun 13, 2026, 01:39 AM

Jun 13

OAITW r.2.0

(32,952 posts)

2. He was a character.

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Sat Jun 13, 2026, 01:15 AM

Jun 13

scipan

(3,149 posts)

4. I remember him. A character but good at his job.

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Sat Jun 13, 2026, 01:48 AM

Jun 13

Raine

(31,263 posts)

5. R-I-P Gene 🙏 nt

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Sat Jun 13, 2026, 03:29 AM

Jun 13

Raftergirl

(1,897 posts)

6. RIP Gene. 😞

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Sat Jun 13, 2026, 10:04 AM

Jun 13

I used to see him walking around all the time when I lived in Manhattan (late ‘70’s/80’s.) He was impossible to miss.

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