Legendary film critic Roger Ebert, who this week
said he was facing a recurrence of cancer, has died at 70, according to
the Chicago Sun-Times, which syndicated his column.
In an essay on his blog Tuesday, Ebert explained he was planning to
slow down and reduce the number of movie reviews he wrote. Ebert had
already lost his voice and much of his jaw after battling thyroid and
salivary gland cancer."My intent is to continue to write selected reviews but to leave the rest to a talented team of writers handpicked and greatly admired by me," Ebert wrote. "What's more, I'll be able at last to do what I've always fantasized about doing: reviewing only the movies I want to review."
