Editing Roger Ebert (section)

==Death and legacy ==
On April 4, 2013, Ebert died at age 70 at a hospital in [[Chicago]], shortly before he was set to return to his home and enter [[hospice]] care.<ref name="SunTimesObit" /><ref name="NPR death">{{cite news |last=Corely |first=Cheryl |title=For Pulitzer-Winning Critic Roger Ebert, Films Were A Journey |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/04/04/176194903/for-pulitzer-winner-critic-roger-ebert-films-were-a-journey |publisher=NPR |date=April 4, 2013 |access-date=April 4, 2018 |archive-date=March 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330075840/https://www.npr.org/2013/04/04/176194903/for-pulitzer-winner-critic-roger-ebert-films-were-a-journey |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/04/showbiz/roger-ebert-obituary/index.html|title=Roger Ebert, renowned film critic, dies at age 70|publisher=[[CNN]]|date=April 4, 2013|accessdate=June 24, 2022|first=Alan|last=Duke|archive-date=June 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220624134933/https://www.cnn.com/2013/04/04/showbiz/roger-ebert-obituary/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://esquire.com/entertainment/tv/news/a26606/roger-ebert-final-moments/|title=Oral Histories of 2013: Roger Ebert's Wife, Chaz, on His Final Moments|work=[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]|date=December 24, 2013|first=Chris|last=Jones|accessdate=July 19, 2022|archive-date=July 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719135046/https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/news/a26606/roger-ebert-final-moments/|url-status=live}}</ref>

President [[Barack Obama]] wrote, "For a generation of Americans — and especially Chicagoans — Roger was the movies... [he could capture] the unique power of the movies to take us somewhere magical.&nbsp;... The movies won't be the same without Roger."<ref>{{cite web |last=Obama |first=Barack |author-link=Barack Obama |date=April 4, 2013 |title=Statement by the President on the Passing of Roger Ebert |url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2013/04/04/statement-president-passing-roger-ebert |access-date=February 9, 2021 |website=The White House |archive-date=March 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210314144719/https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2013/04/04/statement-president-passing-roger-ebert |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Martin Scorsese]] released a statement saying, "The death of Roger Ebert is an incalculable loss for movie culture and for film criticism. And it's a loss for me personally... there was a professional distance between us, but then I could talk to him much more freely than I could to other critics. Really, Roger was my friend. It's that simple."<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 4, 2014 |title=Filmmakers and Film Critics on Roger Ebert |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/roger-ebert/filmmakers-on-roger-ebert |access-date=February 9, 2021 |website=[[RogerEbert.com]] |language=en |archive-date=February 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214234337/https://www.rogerebert.com/roger-ebert/filmmakers-on-roger-ebert |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Steven Spielberg]] stated 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."<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Child |first=Ben |date=April 5, 2013 |title=Roger Ebert dies at 70: 'Roger was the movies,' says Obama |url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/apr/05/roger-ebert-obama-spielberg-tributes |access-date=February 13, 2022 |website=[[The Guardian]] |language=en |archive-date=February 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213085242/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/apr/05/roger-ebert-obama-spielberg-tributes |url-status=live }}</ref> Numerous celebrities paid tribute including [[Christopher Nolan]], [[Oprah Winfrey]], [[Steve Martin]], [[Albert Brooks]], [[Jason Reitman]], [[Ron Howard]], [[Darren Aronofsky]], [[Larry King]], [[Cameron Crowe]], [[Werner Herzog]], [[Howard Stern]], [[Steve Carell]], [[Stephen Fry]], [[Diablo Cody]], [[Anna Kendrick]], [[Jimmy Kimmel]], and [[Patton Oswalt]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.businessinsider.com/roger-ebert-death-twitter-reactions-2013-4|title= Hollywood Mourns The Loss Of Roger Ebert|website= [[Business Insider]]|accessdate= June 9, 2023|archive-date= June 10, 2023|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230610004037/https://www.businessinsider.com/roger-ebert-death-twitter-reactions-2013-4|url-status= live}}</ref>

[[Michael Phillips (critic)|Michael Phillips]] of the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' recalled that "I came late to film criticism in Chicago, after writing about the theater. Roger loved the theater. His was a theatrical personality: a raconteur, a spinner of dinner-table stories, a man who was not shy about his accomplishments. But he made room in that theatrical, improbable, outsized life for others."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Philipps |first=Michael |date=April 3, 2013 |title=Farewell to a generous colleague and friend |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-xpm-2013-04-04-chi-roger-ebert-talking-pictures-20130404-story.html |access-date=February 28, 2023 |archive-date=February 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228000918/https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-xpm-2013-04-04-chi-roger-ebert-talking-pictures-20130404-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Andrew O'Hehir of ''[[Salon.com|Salon]]'' wrote that "He's up there with [[Will Rogers]], [[H. L. Mencken]], [[A. J. Liebling]] and not too far short of [[Mark Twain]] as one of the great plainspoken commentators on American life."<ref>{{Cite web |last=O'Hehir |first=Andrew |date=April 5, 2013 |title=RIP Roger Ebert: Movie criticism's Great Communicator |url=https://www.salon.com/2013/04/05/rip_roger_ebert_movie_criticisms_great_communicator/ |website=Salon.com |access-date=February 28, 2023 |archive-date=February 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228000915/https://www.salon.com/2013/04/05/rip_roger_ebert_movie_criticisms_great_communicator/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Peter Debruge wrote "Ebert’s negative reviews were invariably his most entertaining, and yet, he never insulted those who found something to admire in lesser films. Instead, he hoped to enlighten readers, challenging them to think, while whetting their appetite for stronger work ... It’s a testament to Ebert’s gift that, after a life spent writing about film, he made us love the movies all the more. ...I’ve always suspected the reason he settled into this profession is that film reviews, as he wrote them, served as a Trojan horse for the delivery of bigger philosophical ideas, of which he had an inexhaustible supply to share."<ref name=Variety/>

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| source = — [[Richard Corliss]], film critic for ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''<ref name="Corliss2007"/>
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''[[The Onion]]'' paid tribute to Ebert: "Calling the overall human existence 'poignant,' 'thought-provoking,' and 'a complete tour de force,' film critic Roger Ebert praised existence as 'an audacious and thrilling triumph.'...'At times brutally sad, yet surprisingly funny, and always completely honest, I wholeheartedly recommend existence. If you haven't experienced it yet, what are you waiting for? It is not to be missed.' Ebert later said that while human existence's running time was 'a little on the long side' it could have gone on much, much longer and he would have been perfectly happy."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Roger Ebert Hails Human Existence As 'A Triumph'|url=https://www.theonion.com/roger-ebert-hails-human-existence-as-a-triumph-1819574774|website=The Onion|date=April 4, 2013|access-date=January 30, 2023|archive-date=January 30, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130044333/https://www.theonion.com/roger-ebert-hails-human-existence-as-a-triumph-1819574774|url-status=live}}</ref>

Hundreds of people attended the [[funeral Mass]] held at Chicago's [[Holy Name Cathedral (Chicago)|Holy Name Cathedral]] on April 8, 2013, where Ebert was celebrated as a film critic, newspaperman, advocate for social justice, and husband. Father [[Michael Pfleger]] concluded the service with "the balconies of heaven are filled with angels singing 'Thumbs Up' ".<ref name="Mass">{{cite news |last=Caro |first=Mark |date=April 9, 2013 |title=Roger Ebert's funeral: 'He had a heart big enough to love all' |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chi-roger-ebert-funeral-story.html |access-date=February 9, 2021 |archive-date=January 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126135757/https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chi-roger-ebert-funeral-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Reverend John F. Costello of Loyola University delivered a [[homily]] for Ebert.<ref>{{cite news| last=Costello| first=John F.| title=Roger Ebert Homily| date=April 8, 2013| work=Chicago Sun-Times| url=https://www.rogerebert.com/roger-ebert/roger-ebert-homily| access-date=April 15, 2024| archive-date=May 28, 2023| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528122922/https://www.rogerebert.com/roger-ebert/roger-ebert-homily| url-status=live}}</ref> After the funeral service, he was buried at [[Graceland Cemetery]] in [[Chicago, Illinois]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ebert |first1=Roger |title=Chicago's most famous |url=https://wischlist.com/2013/10/30/graves-ghosts-and-chicagos-most-famous-cemeteries/ |website=wischlist |date=October 30, 2013 |access-date=November 10, 2024}}</ref>

A [[Life Itself (2014 film)|documentary adaptation of ''Life Itself'']] (2014), directed by [[Steve James (film producer)|Steve James]], premiered at the [[Sundance Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/life_itself/ |title=Life Itself |work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher=[[Flixster]] |access-date=September 11, 2014 |archive-date=February 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215064658/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/life_itself |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/life-itself |title=Life Itself Reviews |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=July 19, 2014 |archive-date=January 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108111755/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/life-itself |url-status=live }}</ref> The film was executive produced by [[Martin Scorsese]] and includes interviews with Scorsese, [[Ava DuVernay]], [[Werner Herzog]], [[Errol Morris]] and numerous critics. The film received critical acclaim and received numerous accolades including a [[Emmy Award]], [[Producers Guild of America Award]] and [[Critics' Choice Movie Award]].