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Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert to get life-size bronze tribute near Millennium Park • Oct. 22, 2026, 5:35 PM ET (Chicago Tribune)

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Also Known As R. Hyde • Reinhold Timme • Roger Joseph Ebert
Born June 18, 1942 • Urbana • Illinois
Died April 4, 2013 (aged 70) • Chicago • Illinois
Awards And Honors Pulitzer Prize (1975)
Notable Works “I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie” • “Life Itself: A Memoir” • “The Great Movies”

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Roger Ebert wearing a black suit and white scarf, smiling and giving a thumbs up on the red carpet at the Gotham Awards.
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert smiles while seated at a cluttered desk in the Chicago Sun-Times newsroom, holding a newspaper with the headline reading Our Roger Ebert wins Pulitzer.
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