Tom Shales, longtime TV critic, dies at 79
Shales, who spent almost 40 years with The Washington Post, was known for his informative and snarky commentary on a wide range of TV programs, networks and personalities.
Updated January 13, 2024 at 5:06 PM ET
Tom Shales, a Pulitzer-Prize winning TV critic for The Washington Post who was nationally known for his sharp-witted reviews of a broad range of small-screen programming, has died. He was 79.
He died of complications from COVID and renal failure, his caretaker Victor Herfurth told the.
