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Gene Shalit Dies: NBC Personality Known For Mustache, Puns, Bow Ties
A familiar face from morning television, movie reviews, and decades of pop culture has died.
Gene Shalit, the longtime NBC "Today" show film and book critic known for his bushy mustache, bright bow ties, wild hair, and pun-filled reviews, died Friday, June 12, NBC News reported. He was 100.
His family told NBC News that Shalit died peacefully after what they described as an amazing life.
Shalit joined "Today" as a book reviewer in 1970 and became the program’s full-time film and book critic in 1973. He remained on the morning show until retiring in November 2010.
For generations of v…
Search Near Us-mexico Border Follows Chilling Tip In Nancy Guthrie Case
A new search has opened another painful chapter in a case that has already dragged on for months.
A search group in Nogales, Mexico, just across the border from Arizona, received an anonymous tip claiming Nancy Guthrie, the missing 84-year-old mother of NBC "Today" co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, may have been buried in the Mariposa area west of the city, El Imparcial reported Thursday, June 11.
Ramona Guadalupe Ayala Ortiz, leader of the Buscando Corazones collective, told the outlet, based in Mexico, that the group received an anonymous call saying Guthrie’s remains were in a grave along a st…
Philly Man Fled From Cops, Hid Cocaine In His Groin Area: Atlantic County Prosecutor
A 22-year-old Philadelphia man admitted to fleeing from police while also possessing drugs in Atlantic County, authorities announced Friday, June 12.
Justice Castro pleaded guilty to eluding, possession with intent to distribute CDS and resisting arrest, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said. Per the terms of a plea agreement, he is expected to be sentenced to three years in prison, authorities said.
On Thursday, July 3, Atlantic City police observed an assault in process, authorities said. They approached Castro and a woman, but Castro immediately ran from police, authorities said. …
