Gene Shalit, ‘Today’ movie critic and purveyor of puns, dies at 100

Gene Shalit, ‘Today’ movie critic and purveyor of puns, dies at 100

Gene Shalit, the “Today” show film critic and arts commentator whose pouf of ebony hair, bushy mustache, funhouse eyeglasses and floppy bow ties — not to mention his groan-inducing puns — made him a kooky and welcome presence on morning television for decades, died on June 12. He was 100....

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