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[R.I.P.] Roger Ebert dies at 70 after battle with cancer

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He was widely lauded for his knowledge on movies and film and battled a debilitating illness with extreme courage and positivity. I am sure Ebert has kept his seat warm for the last little while and they are now reunited in another place. RIP, Roger.


For a film with a daring director, a talented cast, a captivating plot or, ideally, all three, there could be no better advocate than Roger Ebert, who passionately celebrated and promoted excellence in film while deflating the awful, the derivative, or the merely mediocre with an observant eye, a sharp wit and a depth of knowledge that delighted his millions of readers and viewers.
“No good film is too long,” he once wrote, a sentiment he felt strongly enough about to have engraved on pens. “No bad movie is short enough.”
Ebert, 70, who reviewed movies for the Chicago Sun-Times for 46 years and on TV for 31 years, and who was without question the nation’s most prominent and influential film critic, died Thursday in Chicago. He had been in poor health over the past decade, battling cancers of the thyroid and salivary gland.
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Roger Ebert dies at 70 after battle with cancer - Chicago Sun-Times
 
He certainly fought the good fight though I thought his old partner Gene Siskel had the better take on movies.
 
I know he had a LONG and very painful battle with cancer.

I hope he is at peace.
 
Two thumbs up for Mr. Ebert.

:thumbs::thumbs:

Rest in Peace.
 
Damn.....they were just talking about him on the Radio this morning and how he was going to cut back on his reviews due to his cancer returning. He was Writing a book about the Suffering one must go thru with Treatment. Sorry to hear this. Ebert was one of the Good Guys.

R.I.P. Mr Ebert.
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Man, I hate that. A buddy of mine (fellow movie-buff) turned me on to watching Siskel and Ebert nearly thirty years ago, and I was always found their discussions (and arguments) very insightful.

Gene Siskel has been dead for quite some time, and poor Ebert has been having a rough time of it for several years... I'm sorry that he's gone.


RIP, O Movie Critic of Movie Critics.
 
I didn't always agree with his take on cinema, but he certainly seemed to be an all around decent guy.

He was an industry icon and he will be missed.
 
He'll be missed. I trusted his reviews the most.
 
Roger Ebert was a good guy; and a very productive man.
 
Ebert refused to call himself "brave" and said, simply, that he played the card that he was dealt.

I disagree. Losing much of his face to cancer and then relearning to talk and eat and wear a chin prosthetic and face the public again took courage.

Grateful that he went quickly.
 
rest in peace.

what he had to endure in the last several years would floor most of us. he endured it with class, and kept writing the whole time. best wishes and prayers for him and his family.
 
i was able to listen to part of "Fresh Air" on friday where they did a program on ebert.

i actually enjoyed listening to it even thou don't really care about what movie critics think.
 
Helix said:
rest in peace.

what he had to endure in the last several years would floor most of us. he endured it with class, and kept writing the whole time. best wishes and prayers for him and his family.
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Yes, exactly. I don't want to provide a link, but if you've seen any footage of Ebert post-cancer and reconstruction, you can't help but be humbled.
 
Fisher said:
He certainly fought the good fight though I thought his old partner Gene Siskel had the better take on movies.
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I agree as I tended to side wtih Siskel's take on a movie.

But give the man his dues he was one hell of a fighter. Sometimes the hand dealt to us just doesn't seem fair.
 
nota bene said:
Yes, exactly. I don't want to provide a link, but if you've seen any footage of Ebert post-cancer and reconstruction, you can't help but be humbled.
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I've seen. he lived and thrived past the point where I might have given up. he's a stronger man than me.
 
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