Roger Ebert dead at 70

Roger Ebert has died. He was 70.

He died just one day after he announced a "leave of presence" as his cancer had returned.

https://twitter.com/ebertchicago/status/319316948045422593

From AP:

Roger Ebert, the most famous and most popular film reviewer of his time who became the first journalist to win a Pulitzer Prize for movie criticism and, on his long-running TV program, wielded the nation's most influential thumb, died Thursday, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. He was 70.

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