Apr
04
Roger Ebert, First Film Critic to Receive Pulitzer, Dies at 70
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Roger Ebert, the Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic famous for his thumbs-up, thumbs-down method of judging movies, has died. He was 70.
He died today in Chicago following a battle with cancer, according to the Chicago Sun-Times, his long-time employer. Mr. Ebert lost his ability to speak after complications from surgery in 2006 on cancer in his jaw.
In a blog entry on April 2, Mr. Ebert said cancer had been discovered in his leg and he was about to begin “a leave of presence” from daily film reviewing.
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