# Pauline Kael is dead

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pauline-kael-is-dead/79646>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 4, 2001, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pauline-kael-is-dead/79646 "2001-09-04T11:17:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![jcgmoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9adbd/32.png) [@jcgmoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jcgmoi)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2001, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pauline-kael-is-dead/79646/1 "2001-09-04T11:17:10Z")

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[Here’s](http://salon.com/ent/wire/2001/09/03/kael/index.html) an obit and [here’s](http://salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2001/09/03/pauline_kael/index.html) an appreciation.

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**Author:** ![OxyMoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2001, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pauline-kael-is-dead/79646/2 "2001-09-04T13:16:16Z")

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There’s another thread on this as well, in MPSIMS:

[Now Siskel won’t be alone…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=85211)

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**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2001, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pauline-kael-is-dead/79646/3 "2001-09-04T15:30:53Z")

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Thanks, OxyMoron. I’m gonna put a link to this one in MPSIMS and then close it. Appreciate the e-mail.

[Edited by UncleBeer on 09-04-2001 at 11:00 AM]