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Events on Saturday 20 February 1999 1
1946 – 1999Gene Siskel (1946-1999)Died 20 February 1999, aged 53Gene Siskel was a Chicago film critic who co-hosted the influential television review show Siskel & Ebert with Roger Ebert. Their thumbs up/down format became a standard reference in film criticism. He died following complications from surgery for a brain tumor.