Bobby Rivers, pathbreaking TV host and film critic, dies at 70… as tributes roll in from stars including Whoopi Goldberg and Katie Couric

Bobby Rivers, the popular film critic–turned–talk show host, has died at the age of 70.

Rivers broke barriers as Milwaukee’s first Black film critic to have a regular presence on television, and he went on to have high-profile hosting gigs on Food Network and VH1, including his eponymous talk show Watch Bobby Rivers.

revealed that Rivers had died on Tuesday in Minneapolis.

His sister confirmed his death on Wednesday in a Facebook that was subsequently deleted or set to…