Roger Ebert's openness about cancer raises awareness, helped other patients. April, 4, 2013— -- Film critic Roger Ebert took to his award-winning blog Tuesday night to announce his "leave of ...

Roger Ebert gave independent films popular appeal ... The prolific critic continued to write reviews while battling cancer in recent years.

Chaz Ebert, Roger Ebert's wife of more than 20 years ... But he was also getting tired of his fight with cancer, and said if this takes him, he has lived a great and full life.

Ebert was hired as the film critic for the Sun-Times in 1967. He was diagnosed in 2002 with papillary thyroid cancer, and in 2003 was operated on for cancer in his salivary gland.

I just learned this evening that Roger Ebert has passed ... negotiated his years with head and neck cancer, a disease that claimed his lower jaw and, now, his life. Ebert spent little time feeling ...

Acclaimed film critic Roger Ebert said he's been diagnosed with cancer again and that he will scale back his prolific writing of movie reviews while undergoing radiation treatment. In a blog post ...

For the 281st time in the last ten months, Roger Ebert ... In 2006, the cancer surfaced yet again, this time in his jaw. A section of his lower jaw was removed; Ebert listened to Leonard Cohen.

March 2, 2010 — -- World famous film critic Roger Ebert, unable to speak, drink or eat due to complications from thyroid cancer, cheerfully told Oprah Winfrey today that "my life is happy." ...

Movie fans, journalists, Chicagoans, and, truly, all Americans lost a hero Thursday when they learned that Roger Ebert had died following his lengthy battle with cancer. As the evening continued ...

Film critic Roger ... Ebert had been a film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times since 1967. He had announced on his blog Wednesday that he was undergoing radiation treatment after a recurrence of cancer.

Roger Ebert, the legendary film critic, died today, his long-time employer, The Chicago Sun-Times is reporting. Ebert had been wrestling with cancer for years. Over his life, he was treated for ...