The entertainment industry has lost yet another one of it's treasured icons...
In my opinion one of the first true film critics to ever truly make an impact on peoples lives. April 4th 2013 Roger Ebert passed away at the age of 70. Many of you probably don't understand the impact this man made. President Barack Obama himself
wrote, "Roger was the movies ... he could capture the unique power of
the movies to take us somewhere magical ... The movies won't be the
same without Roger". Robert Redford
called Ebert "one of the great champions of freedom of artistic
expression" and said "His personal passion for cinema was boundless, and
that is sure to be his legacy for generations to come." Oprah Winfrey called Ebert's death the "end of an era", as did Steven Spielberg,
who also said that Ebert's "reviews went far deeper than simply thumbs
up or thumbs down. He wrote with passion through a real knowledge of
film and film history, and in doing so, helped many movies find their
audiences... he put television criticism on the map". And as a movie critic it truly breaks my heart that he's gone. And this isn't coming from my character perspective. This is from the bottom of my heart.
You'll always be remembered.
Roger Ebert
June 1942 - April 2013
