Roger Ebert

Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert in December 2007
Born	Roger Joseph Ebert 18 Juin 1942(1942-06-18) Urbana, Illinois, U.S.
Dee'd	4 Apryle 2013(2013-04-04) (aged 70) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Restin place	Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois
Thrift	Author, jurnalist, film historian, film creetic, screenwriter
Leid	Inglis
Naitionality	American
Ethnicity	White
Ceetizenship	American
Eddication	Urbana Heich Schuil
Alma mater	Varsity o Chicago, Varsity o Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Period	1967–2013
Subject	Film
Notable warks	The Great Movies; The Great Movies II; Beyond the Valley of the Dolls; Life Itself: A Memoir
Notable awairds	Pulitzer Prize fur Creeticism
Spoose	Chaz Hammelsmith Ebert (m. 18 Julie 1992 – 4 Aprile 2013, his daith)
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http://www.rogerebert.com/

Roger Joseph Ebert (18 Juin 1942 – 4 Aprile 2013) wis an American film creetic. Ebert's reviews appear in newspapers sic as the Chicago Sun-Times frae 3 Aprile 1967 till his daith.

Ebert wis born on 18 Juin 1942 in Urbana, Illinois tae a Catholic faimily.

Ebert begoud his professional creetic career in 1967, writin fur the Chicago Sun-Times. That same year, Ebert's furst beuk, a history o the Varsity o Illinois titled Illini Century: One Hundred Years of Campus Life, wis published bi the Varsity's press.

In 1969, his review o Night of the Living Dead wis published in Reader's Digest.

Ebert co-wrate the screenpley fur the 1970 Russ Meyer film Beyond the Valley of the Dolls an liks tae joke aboot bein reponsible fur the film, that wis poorly receivit on its lowse but is nou regardit as a cult clessic. Ebert an Meyer makkit Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens, Up! an aa, an ithers, an war involvit in the ill-fated Sex Pistols film Who Killed Bambi?. In Aprile 2010, Ebert postit his screenpley o Who Killed Bambi? aka Anarchy in the UK on his blog.

Ebert an Chicago Tribune creetic Gene Siskel helpit mak naitionally-televised film reviewin popular. Thay co-hostit the PBS shaw Sneak Previews. It wis follaed bi At the Movies that makkit baith o thaim popular across the kintra. The twa focht an makkit jokes whiles taukin aboot films. Thay creatit an tredmarkit the phrase "Two Thumbs Up," uised whan baith hosts thocht the same film wis gey guid. Efter Siskel dee'd in 1999, Ebert kept on hostin the shaw wi mony co-hosts an then, stairtin in 2000, wi Richard Roeper.

Ebert bided wi thyroid cancer syne its diagnosis in 2002. He kept on publishin his reviews baith onwab an in prent till 2 Aprile 2013. Juist twa days later, on 4 Aprile 2013, Ebert dee'd frae the dishailth in Chicago, Illinois. He wis 70 year auld.

Personal life

Ebert wis marrit tae Chaz Hammelsmith frae 18 Julie 1992 till his daith in 2013. Thay haed nae childer. Ebert bided wi Chaz in his hametoun o Chicago, Illinois. He wis a supporter fur the Democratic Pairty. Ebert wis an agnostic. On 25 Aprile 2011, he accomplished ane o his lang-time goals: winnin ane o the weekly caption contests in The New Yorker efter mair nor 100 tries. Ebert's personal net worth wis U.S. $9 million.

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Media relatit tae Roger Ebert at Wikimedia Commons

• Offeecial wabsteid
• Roger Ebert's Overlooked Film Festival
• Archive of American Television interview
• Roger Ebert on IMDb
• Roger Ebert at Find a Grave (in Inglis)
• Siskel & Ebert's classic shows (1975–1999)
• Speech: Remaking My Voice Archived 2011-09-26 at the Wayback Machine (2011)