Rex Reed, the acerbic longtime film critic and columnist, died Tuesday at his Manhattan home at age 87. Reed rose to prominence for scathing reviews, pithy one-liners and celebrity interviews, and he wrote a long-running column for The New York Observer. Known for championing old Hollywood stars while delivering blunt, often controversial assessments, including walking out of films then reviewing them, he helped define a combative critic persona that shaped American film coverage for decades.
