Eugene Shalit was born on March 25,1926 and is an American retired journalist, television personality, film and book critic, and author.
14 Facts About Gene Shalit
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Gene Shalit is known for his frequent use of puns, his oversized handlebar moustache and fuzzy hair, and for wearing colorful bowties.
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Gene Shalit reportedly "stopped representing" Clark during a Congressional investigation of payola.
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Gene Shalit has been involved in reviewing the arts since 1967 and has written for such publications as Look magazine, Ladies' Home Journal, Cosmopolitan, TV Guide, Seventeen, Glamour, McCall's, and The New York Times.
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Four images of Gene Shalit appeared in a filmstrip on the front of the box with his reviews on the back.
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Gene Shalit announced that he would leave The Today Show after 40 years, effective November 11,2010.
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Gene Shalit was quoted as saying "It's enough already", about his retirement.
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Gene Shalit has largely stayed out of the public eye since then, only appearing once for Willard Scott's retirement from NBC in 2015.
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Gene Shalit was married to Nancy Lewis from 1950 until her death from cancer in 1978.
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Nancy Lewis' and Gene Shalit's children include the artist and entrepreneur Willa Shalit.
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Gene Shalit crashed his car in Lenox, Massachusetts, on October 24,2012, after falling asleep at the wheel.
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Gene Shalit voiced a character portraying himself in three episodes of the animated series The Critic.
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Gene Shalit was portrayed in two episodes of Saturday Night Live by Jon Lovitz, and later in nine episodes by Horatio Sanz in sketches and Weekend Update sequences.
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On Late Night with David Letterman Gene Shalit had his head squashed between two giant comedy hammers during an interview with David Letterman.