death_date children birth_date residence birthname education alma_mater death_place spouse image name occupation death_cause caption resting_place years_active birth_place credits religion article_title home_town
20 february 1999 kate callie will 26 january 1946 chicago , illinois eugene kal siskel culver academies yale university evanston , illinois , u.s. marlene -rrb- iglitzen -lrb- 1980 -- 1999 ; his death gene siskel at the 61st academy awards cropped.jpg gene siskel television journalist , film critic complications of surgery siskel in 1989 westlawn cemetery 1969 -- 1999 chicago , illinois , u.s. '' -lrb- 1975 -- 1977 -rrb- '' sneak previews '' -lrb- opening 1977 -- 1982 -rrb- '' at the movies '' -lrb- soon 1982 -- 1986 -rrb- '' siskel & ebert '' -lrb- at 1986 -- 1999 -rrb- '' cbs this morning '' correspondent a -lrb- 1990 -- 1996 -rrb- '' good morning america '' theater correspondent -lrb- 1996 -- 1999 -rrb- near you '' jewish gene siskel
 chicago , illinois
gene siskel

eugene kal `` gene '' siskel -lrb- january 26 , 1946february 20 , 1999 -rrb- was an american film critic and journalist for the `` chicago tribune '' .
along with colleague roger ebert , he hosted a series of popular review shows on television from 1975 to 1999 .
