Roger Ebert, renowned film critic, dies at age 70
By Alan Duke
CNN
This is very sad. I grew up watching Ebert & Roeper and he was just about the only film critic whose commentary I'd seek. His statement on Tuesday (which he ended with "I'll see you at the movies") sounded as if he knew he wouldn't make it. R.I.P. Ebert.
By Alan Duke
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The last hand in the "two thumbs up" film critic team, Roger Ebert, died Thursday, two days after revealing cancer returned to his body. Ebert and Gene Siskel co-hosted their iconic review show until Siskel's death in 1999 after a battle with a brain tumor. Report: Film critic Roger Ebert has died Photos: People we lost in 2013 The Chicago Sun-Times, the base of operations for Ebert's syndicated reviews, announced his death at age 70. In an essay on his blog Tuesday, Ebert explained he was planning to slow down and reduce the number of movie reviews he wrote. Ebert had already lost his voice and much of his jaw after battling thyroid and salivary gland cancer. "My intent is to continue to write selected reviews but to leave the rest to a talented team of writers handpicked and greatly admired by me," Ebert wrote. "What's more, I'll be able at last to do what I've always fantasized about doing: reviewing only the movies I want to review." Ebert suffered a hip fracture in December, and it recently led to the revelations about cancer, he said. |
This is very sad. I grew up watching Ebert & Roeper and he was just about the only film critic whose commentary I'd seek. His statement on Tuesday (which he ended with "I'll see you at the movies") sounded as if he knew he wouldn't make it. R.I.P. Ebert.