Mike Clark (critic)

American film critic (1947–2020)

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

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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]

## References

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1. ^ Puente, Maria. "Goodbye, 'Movie Mike': Former USA TODAY film critic Mike Clark dies at 73". USA TODAY.
2. ^ a b c d Maltin, Leonard (2014). Leonard Maltin's 2014 Movie Guide. New York City: Penguin Press. p. vi. ISBN 978-0-451-41810-4.
3. ^ Evans, Greg (5 August 2020). "Mike Clark Dies: Longtime USA Today Film Critic Was 73". Deadline.

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