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| Siskel and Ebert |
Film Critic Roger Ebert has died at the age of 70 after along battle with cancer. Ebert had been a film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times since 1967. He had announced on his blog Wednesday that he was undergoing radiation treatment after a recurrence of cancer. Mr Ebert had suffered the ravages of surgery causing considerable disfigurement. Toronto Star. He was supported in his adversity by his wife Chias. Roger Ebert will always be synonymous for most people over 30 for his long association with fellow film critic Gene Siskel, who died in 1999. As the team of Siskel
and Ebert they became the reigning authorities on film criticism on television. Their trademark thumbs up-thumbs down verdict on a movie became genuine Hollywood parlance.
