Tom Shales(1944-2024)

Actor
Writer

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Tom Shales

Tom Shales was born on 3 November 1944 in Elgin, Illinois, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for ESPN: Those Guys Have All the Fun, The Larry Sanders Show (1992) and This Is MST3K (1992). He died on 13 January 2024 in Alexandria, Virginia, USA.

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Known for

ESPN: Those Guys Have All the Fun

Writer

The Larry Sanders Show (1992)

The Larry Sanders Show

8.5

TV Series

Tom Shales

Trace Beaulieu, Frank Conniff, Joel Hodgson, and Penn Jillette in This Is MST3K (1992)

7.2

TV Short

Self (The Washington Post - Television Critic)

1992

Inside TV Land (2000)

5.1

TV Series

Self

Credits

Actor

The Larry Sanders Show
8.5
TV Series
- Tom Shales
- 1996

In-development projects at IMDbPro

Personal details

Official sites
- Blog
- C-Span
Born
- November 3, 1944
- Elgin, Illinois, USA
Died
- January 13, 2024
- Alexandria, Virginia, USA(complications due to COVID-19 and renal failure,)
Other works
(book; coauthor James Andrew Miller): "Live from New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live". Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 2002. ISBN: 0316781460
Publicity listings
- 1 Article

Did you know

Trivia
Television critic who won a Pulitzer Prize for his Washington Post reviews and articles on the public's perception of news events. Also Entertainment Editor at the Washington Examiner (1968-1971), Film Critic for Morning Edition of National Public Radio (1977), and Adjunct Professor of Film at American University.

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When did Tom Shales die?
January 13, 2024
How did Tom Shales die?
Complications due to COVID-19 and renal failure,
How old was Tom Shales when he died?
79 years old
Where did Tom Shales die?
Alexandria, Virginia, USA
When was Tom Shales born?
November 2, 1944

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