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tonight, the credits are rolling for one of the most legendary film reviewers of all time. roger ebert has died at age 70 after a long, courageous battle with cancer. just this week he wrote on his blog he was facing a recurrence of cancer and was going to slow down and not review as many movies as he once did. here s a look back at roger ebert s life and career. roger ebert once wrote no good film is too long, no bad movie is short enough. and that was roger ebert. as much as he loved to praise and celebrate good films, he also loved to point out their flaws. we pick on big visible films since they re more likely to be seen by more people and therefore, cause more suffering. he suffered through a lot of films, working for the chicago sun times for 46 years. he began as a freelancer in 1966. the next year he was asked to be the newspaper s permanent film critic. it was an unexpected role.

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