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Apr 04

Roger Ebert Dies at 70

By Stephen M. Silverman 04/04/2013 at 03:45 PM EDT Roger Ebert, whose sharp comments and strategic position of his thumb came to symbolize movie criticism for more than three decades, died on Thursday in Chicago, his longtime employer the Chicago Sun-Times announced. He was 70.Though generally upbeat about the state of his health, on Wednesday, his 46th anniversary reviewing movies, Ebert announced that his cancer had returned and that he was taking a “leave of presence” from his blog and film reviewing.”It really stinks that the cancer has returned and that I have spent too many days in the hospital,” he wrote on his blog Read More

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