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A man dressed as Batman walks past flowers placed before the Star for Roger Ebert on Hollywood's Walk of Fame April 4, 2013 in Hollywood,California. Ebert, the first film critic to win a Pulitzer Prize, died April 4, 2013, the US newspaper that employed him for more than four decades said. He was 70. Ebert -- who just two days ago announced in a blog post that he was taking a break from his main job -- succumbed to cancer after a long battle, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.
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Ebert, 70, who reviewed movies for the Chicago Sun-Times for 46 years and on TV for 31 years, and who was without question the nation's most prominent and influential film critic, died Thursday in Chicago. He had been in poor health over the past decade, battling cancers of the thyroid and salivary gland.More quotes »
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Roger Ebert funeral: Mourners pack Chicago church
by Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel . Ebert died Thursday at age 70 after a long battle with cancer. He worked for the Chicago Sun-Times for more than 40 years.There will be another chance for the public to pay tribute to Ebert . Organizers are planning a memorial Read more »
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Roger Ebert dead: Film critic was 70
Chicago Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert has died after battling cancer.The Sun Times put the news on its website, which is currently down.The popular "thumbs up-thumbs down" television personality was 70 years old. Ebert was diagnosed with thyroid cancer Read more »
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