Mike Clark (critic)

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Mike Clark also known as Movie Mike (1947 – July 31, 2020; Reston, Virginia) was an American film critic for USA Today from 1985 until 2009, and a member of the National Society of Film Critics. [1] He was also a contributing editor to Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide . [2] At age 10, he won $16,000 on The $64,000 Question . He graduated from New York University's Graduate School of Cinema and became film critic for the Detroit Free Press . [2] He was a director/programme planner of the American Film Institute Theater in Washington, D.C. and later for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and also assistant manager/concierge at the Angelika Mosaic Film Center & Cafe in Fairfax, Virginia. [2] After leaving USA Today he wrote a weekly column called "Mike's Picks" for Home Media Magazine [2]

Death

On July 31, 2020, Clark died aged 73 at a hospital in Reston, Virginia while having a head injury which led to bleeding around the brain after a fall on July 27, and after battling liver disease for years. [3]

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References

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  3. Evans, Greg (5 August 2020). "Mike Clark Dies: Longtime USA Today Film Critic Was 73". Deadline.