Gene Siskel
Eugene "Gene" Kal Siskel (January 26, 1946 - February 21, 1999) was, along with partner Roger Ebert, one of the two most famous film critics in the world.
Siskel graduated from Yale in 1967 and began working for the Chicago Tribune in 1969. In 1974 while doing film reviews for a local television station doing a show called Sneak Previews, he was teamed up with Roger Ebert. Their "thumbs-up, thumbs-down" system soon became the standard for the profession.
In 1998, Siskel underwent brain surgery to remove a brain tumor. He announced on February 3, 1999 that he was taking a leave of absence but that he expected to be back by the fall, writing: Im in a hurry to get well because I dont want Roger to get more screen time than I.
He died from complications of the surgery two weeks later, at age 53.
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