Roger Ebert dies at 70 after battle with cancer
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Roger Ebert dies at 70 after battle with cancer
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Re: Roger Ebert dies at 70 after battle with cancer
#2Well, fuck.
Re: Roger Ebert dies at 70 after battle with cancer
#3One of the truly good humans on the planet. I will miss him.
Re: Roger Ebert dies at 70 after battle with cancer
#4Wow, he just wrote his "A Leave of Presence" post the other day.
Re: Roger Ebert dies at 70 after battle with cancer
#5This is such a shame to hear. He was one of the people who really got me into film (amongst many others I can presume). He'll be missed.
A friend shared an article Ebert wrote in 2011 about death that I absolutely love that I feel is incredibly relevant now. In the article he states “I know it is coming, and I do not fear it, because I believe there is nothing on the other side of death to fear.", which I feel is a beautiful attitude to take. The whole article is worth a read and can be found here:
Re: Roger Ebert dies at 70 after battle with cancer
#6Holy cow, what a loss. One of the few film critics whose reviews I always enjoyed (even if I didn't always agree with him).
And he just wrote about having a leave of presence! I will miss him immensely.
Re: Roger Ebert dies at 70 after battle with cancer
#7He was a national treasure.
Re: Roger Ebert dies at 70 after battle with cancer
#8A good conversation right now with his friends on WBEZ, his home NPR.
http://wbez.ic.llnwd.net/stream/wbez_91_5_fm
Great quote from Rick Hogan: when he was writing a review about a movie he loved, "He was writing a love letter to a friend".
Re: Roger Ebert dies at 70 after battle with cancer
#9The shear breadth of his career is just astounding, his consistency in reviewing film after film for years. Inspiring for all of us.
Re: Roger Ebert dies at 70 after battle with cancer
#10surprised to read that he was an early investor of Google. I wonder how that came about?