Roger Ebert has lost ability to speak, will not rejoin show

[DS1]

CHICAGO — Movie critic Roger Ebert will resume writing reviews later this month, but will not rejoin his syndicated television show because he is still unable to speak.

In a letter published in Tuesday's Chicago Sun-Times, the Pulitzer Prize winning writer and co-host of the "Ebert & Roeper" television show said a January surgery in Houston ended in complications, and his ability to speak was not restored. He said the return of speech would require another surgery.

"But I still have all my other abilities, including the love of viewing movies and writing about them," Ebert said.

Ebert said he is looking forward to his annual film festival at the University of Illinois on April 23.

"I will resume writing movie reviews shortly thereafter," he said.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,344268,00.html

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[Shakespeare]

1. Aw, fuck. That's too bad.

At least he's still able to write, though. :-(

[DS1]

4. no, the real tragedy here is that he'll have to watch another Kevin Smith movie

[Shakespeare]

7. Heh.

Well, yeah, there's that.

[quip]

2. To hell with Ebert; what is the story, er, behind the av?????

[DS1]

3. why must there be a story?

[quip]

5. There mustn't; the story could be that there is no story. End of story.

Unless there IS a story.....

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. That really makes me sad...

He was always the smarter, more knowledgeable one of the pair...

Roeper is OK, but not the thinker that Roger is...

We've been watching the show since its earliest incarnation back in the 1960's...

It's a sad day...

:-(

[LanternWaste]

13. I have to give Ebert more credibility than most other...

I have to give Ebert more credibility than most other film reviewers as he's the only one (so far as I know of) that has actually written a screenplay. Granted, it was 'Beyond the Valley of the Dolls', but still...

:hi:

[Cant trust em]

8. That's really too bad for him. NT

[terrya]

9. I had a feeling he wouldn't return.

That's a shame. Richard Roeper really isn't a film critic...he started out as a features columnist at the Sun Times.

I suspect that they'll keep the current line-up of Roeper and Chicago Tribune film critic Michael Phillips.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

10. That is too bad.

Really sad.

[KG]

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[LisaM]

12. Ah, darn. I miss him too.

I always loved Siskel and Ebert. Of course, I cut my teeth on Pauline Kael, whom they both named as their favorite critic ever. I wouldn't see a movie unless Pauline liked it, which meant that I basically went about fifteen years without seeing a movie. The only movie I remember that she liked unequivocally was "Henry and June".

[TexasBushwhacker]

15. But Pauline was in love with Brian DePalma ....

and well, I'm not.

[Yavin4]

14. Roger Ebert Is A Great Guy

A great Liberal, a great movie critic, and one of the best people on this planet.