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Remembering Roger Ebert – A Guy Who Loved Life

John Riggs — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 17:19:55 +0000

I'll best honest, I didn't know Roger Ebert. Sure, I knew of him, but wasn't a follower of his. I didn't care if he thought a movie was good or bad. I didn't watch his show. I do know that he had one of the coolest jobs in the world and definitely struggled at the end of his life. All too recently, they're showing pictures of what he looked like near the end of his days, after surgery missing his jaw and all that. I'd rather remember him for this picture. Just some dude who doesn't look like a super model or fashion plate who loves what he did.

Legendary Movie Critic Roger Ebert Dies at the Age of 70

Mike Sampson — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 19:43:28 +0000

Just days after announcing a leave of absence from writing to deal with a recurrence of cancer, the Chicago Sun-Times reported this afternoon that legendary movie critic Roger Ebert has died. Most of us know Roger Ebert from his days hosting the classic series ‘Siskel & Ebert’ where the “thumbs up/thumbs down” gimmick changed the [...]

Roger Ebert says 'too quick' to tweet about Dunn – Suffers Backlash

Rik Mikals — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 20:34:11 +0000

Film critic Roger Ebert is facing backlash from his tweeting about now-deceased “Jackass” star Ryan Dunn… Roger Ebert wrote Tuesday that he should have hesitated before tweeting about the death of “Jackass” star Ryan Dunn, a message that prompted an angry backlash and apparently led to the temporary removal of the movie critic’s Facebook page. [...]