{"id":1931160,"date":"2026-05-12T14:08:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T11:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1931160"},"modified":"2026-05-12T14:08:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T11:08:07","slug":"film-critic-rex-reed-dead-at-87","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1931160","title":{"rendered":"Film Critic Rex Reed Dead at 87"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/88\/16by9\/2026\/05\/12\/886fd328cf244c839d32c3a6d48b6c33_xl.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"article article--permalink \">\n<header class=\"article__header\">\n<h1 class=\"article__header--headline-title\">Film Critic Rex Reed Dead at 87<\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\"><span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Film Critic Rex Reed<\/span><span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Dead at 87<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"social-media-container\" 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canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p>Renowned film critic <strong>Rex Reed<\/strong> has died at the age of 87, according to The Hollywood Reporter.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-1d9ce9ae5b059d1d787d9ff7050fe38f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\"><a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260512_31547610efb042618cb166fdf8b8e107\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:199c3b9b-a7ec-4444-9f67-e66043ea9a9a\" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"image\"}'><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/31\/4by3\/2026\/05\/12\/31547610efb042618cb166fdf8b8e107_md.jpg\" alt=\"Rex Reed getty 2\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"image-block__card-footer\"><span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-14a9aa9b9ceea5645e0c7cf15ab243e6\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p>Reed died at home in New York City, a friend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/rex-reed-dead-caustic-film-critic-1236593262\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>told the outlet<\/strong><\/a> Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-c35030247876037ca3d7115ad6ef9434\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\"><a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link 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