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Roger Ebert, 2007.
Roger Ebert, 2007.

Roger Ebert

American film critic
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Also known as: R. Hyde, Reinhold Timme, Roger Joseph Ebert
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In full:
Roger Joseph Ebert
Pseudonyms:
Reinhold Timme and R. Hyde
Born:
June 18, 1942, Urbana, Illinois, U.S.
Died:
April 4, 2013, Chicago, Illinois (aged 70)
Awards And Honors:
Pulitzer Prize (1975)
Notable Works:
“I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie”
“Life Itself: A Memoir”
“The Great Movies”
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Roger Ebert (born June 18, 1942, Urbana, Illinois, U.S.—died April 4, 2013, Chicago, Illinois) was an American film critic, perhaps the best known of his profession, who became the first person to receive a Pulitzer Prize for film criticism (1975). Ebert’s journalism career began at the Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette, where he worked as a sportswriter from age 15. He was on the staff and served as editor in chief of The Daily Illini, the newspaper of the University of Illinois. After graduating (B.A. in journalism, 1964), Ebert spent a year studying in Cape Town, South Africa, on a Rotary scholarship and ...(100 of 697 words)

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