Famed Movie Critic Roger Ebert Passes Away This Thursday

Famed Movie Critic Roger Ebert Passes Away This Thursday

Roger Ebert, one of the most famous and appreciated movie critics of all time died this Thursday at the age of 70. Ebert began his career writing for the Chicago Sun-Times back in 1967, and was the first film critic to win the Pulitzer Prize, just eight years after his debut.

He passed away in the Chicago Rehabilitation Institute after just days ago, he started radiation therapy for cancer. The critic's legendary “thumbs up, thumbs down” verdicts were mentioned by many who remembered the great man.

Even president Barack Obama addressed the movie critic's death, saying that Roger Ebert “was the movies” and that even through his battle with cancer he remained as productive as he was resilient. He ended by saying that their thoughts and prayers are with Roger’s wife and family.

Steven Spielberg also addressed Ebert’s death saying that he loved movies and that his reviews were more than his coined thumbs up or thumbs down verdicts, but an in depth look of the movie, written with a huge knowledge and passion for the art. He ended by saying that Ebert’s death marked the end of an era.

Roger Ebert’s final review was of Terrence Malik’s “To the Wonder” which it seems he liked, and is due to be published in next week’s Chicago Sun-Times.

Posted by Kade Quinn on Sunday April 07 2013, 3:06 AM EST. Ref: BusinessWeek. Link. All trademarks acknowledged. Filed under Entertainment, Featured News. Comments and Trackbacks closed. Follow responses: RSS 2.0