Tom Shales, Pulitzer-Winning TV Critic, Dies at 79
The acclaimed Washington Post television critic Tom Shales has died, his frequent collaborator James Andrew Miller shared Saturday on social media. Shales was 79 years old. He worked as a critic for the post from 1977 until 2010, winning the Pulitzer Prize.
Shales cowrote iconic oral histories of “Saturday Night Live” and the behind-the-scenes world of ESPN alongside fellow Washington Post journalist Miller. Miller described Shales as “one of the country’s most brilliant writers” and added, “I loved him like a brother.”
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