Roger Ebert Dies At 70

We have just reported few days ago about the recurrence of Roger Ebert’s cancer. In fact, the 70-year-old movie critic wrote a long blog about him taking a a “leave of presence”.

Today, sadly, Roger Ebert died, according to the Sun Times.

Roger Ebert was the nation’s foremost movie critic on television on shows such as “Sneak Previews” and “At the Movies.”

He has written more than 15 books, including his annual movie yearbook which is predominantly a collection of his reviews of that year. In 1975, Ebert became the first film critic to win the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism. His television programs have been widely syndicated and have been nominated for Emmy awards. In February 1995, a section of Chicago’s Erie Street near the CBS Studios was renamed Siskel & Ebert Way. In June 2005, Ebert was the first film critic to be awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He has honorary degrees from the University of Colorado, the AFI Conservatory, and in 2007 the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. As of 2010, Ebert’s movie reviews are syndicated in more than 200 newspapers in the United States and worldwide by Universal Press Syndicate.