Roger Ebert: Pulitzer Prize-Winning Film Critic Dies at 70

Roger Ebert was an American film critic. Born on June 18, 1942, in Urbana, Illinois, he became film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times in 1967.

In 1975 he became the first film critic to win the Pulitzer Prize for criticism. With Gene Siskel he co-hosted TV shows including At the Movies, popularizing the thumbs up, thumbs down rating. He wrote more than 20 books and a popular blog.

He lost his lower jaw and his ability to speak to cancer in 2006 but kept writing. Ebert died in Chicago on April 4, 2013, at age 70.

Achievements: Pulitzer Prize for criticism (1975).

Birth: June 18, 1942 - Urbana, Illinois.

Profession: Film critic.

Interesting Facts: He was the first critic with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.