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Title: Roger Ebert now screening better movies with Siskel
Post by: jaydub on April 04, 2013, 07:53:06 pm

http://www.tmz.com/2013/04/04/roger-ebert-dead-legendary-movie-critic-dies-at-70/

Looks like the thyroid cancer that claimed his jaw returned.

Title: Re: Roger Ebert now screening better movies with Siskel
Post by: Carlos del Vaca on April 05, 2013, 01:51:08 pm

Ebert was frickin' awesome in my book, not just as a film critic but as a writer overall, and as an interpreter of the human condition.

This piece by Deadspin's Will Leitch about his relationship with Ebert (and Leitch realizing he had some growing up to do) is worthwhile reading.
http://deadspin.com/5482198/my-roger-ebert-story