资深影评人罗杰伊伯特Roger Ebert逝世 癌症复发享年70岁

据《芝加哥太阳报》消息，美国知名影评人罗杰·伊伯特因癌症复发，于当地时间4月4日（星期四）在芝加哥去世，享年70岁。2002年初，伊伯特被确认患上了前列腺癌，此后一直在与癌症抗争。4月2日，伊伯特在他的博客上写道：“癌症又复发了。”他不想再在《芝加哥太阳报》担任职务，他还解释这并不是说自己不再写影评了，而是暂时离开一个优秀的团队。他希望接下来做自己一直以来想做的一件事，就是“回顾我想回顾电影”。

罗杰·伊伯特是美国知名影评人和剧作家，也是美国历史上第一位获得普利策奖的影评人（1975年），以他每周的评论专栏（从1967年开始在《芝加哥太阳报》刊登，后来在网络上发布），以及与另一位影评人吉恩·西斯克尔（Gene Siskel）联袂主持的主持电视节目《西斯克尔和伊伯特电影评论》而知名。除了活跃在平面和电视媒体上外，伊伯特还有自己的影评网站，他的Twitter粉丝量过百万。

下則是其妻Chaz在ebert部落格發佈的聲明:
CHICAGO, April 4, 2013 -- Chaz Ebert issued the following statement Thursday about the passing of her husband, Roger Ebert, a day after he celebrated 46 years as a film critic:

“I am devastated by the loss of my love, Roger -- my husband, my friend, my confidante and oh-so-brilliant partner of over 20 years. He fought a courageous fight. I've lost the love of my life and the world has lost a visionary and a creative and generous spirit who touched so many people all over the world. We had a lovely, lovely life together, more beautiful and epic than a movie. It had its highs and the lows, but was always experienced with good humor, grace and a deep abiding love for each other.

Roger Ebert (1942-2013)
Roger Ebert loved movies.

Except for those he hated.

For a film with a daring director, a talented cast, a captivating plot or, ideally, all three, there could be no better advocate than Roger Ebert, who passionately celebrated and promoted excellence in film while deflating the awful, the derivative, or the merely mediocre with an observant eye, a sharp wit and a depth of knowledge that delighted his millions of readers and viewers.