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Popular US movie critic Gene Shalit dies aged 100
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- The moustachioed reviewer became known for his playful humour, celebrity interviews and animated reviews in his personalised segment Critics Corner on NBC's flagship morning programme the Today show.
- Shalit's family wrote that he "passed away peacefully today after 100 years of an amazing life".
- "The 'TODAY' Show was an extraordinary era for him," his family said in a statement shared with NBC News.
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Harry Sekulich Raimondo Borea/Gartenberg Media Enterprises/Getty Images Gene Shalit (left) appeared on TV with his bushy moustache, comically pulled here by Italian actress Sophia Loren on the Today show set in 1980.Wisecracking veteran US movie critic Gene Shalit has died aged 100, his family has confirmed to his former network NBC.
The moustachioed reviewer became known for his playful humour, celebrity interviews and animated reviews in his personalised segment Critics Corner on NBC's flagship morning programme the Today show.
Shalit's family wrote that he "passed away peacefully today after 100 years of an amazing life". No cause of death was provided.
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