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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Roger | ||||||
4 | Ebert, film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times, who passed away | ||||||
5 | on April 4, 2013; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Roger Ebert became the paper's movie reviewer in | ||||||
7 | 1967; his reviews were eventually syndicated to several hundred | ||||||
8 | newspapers nationwide; and
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9 | WHEREAS, Roger Ebert received a Pulitzer Prize in 1975 for | ||||||
10 | distinguished criticism; in 2005, he became the first critic to | ||||||
11 | have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame; and
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12 | WHEREAS, Roger Ebert's television career began in 1975, | ||||||
13 | first in the Chicago area and then nationwide on PBS, when he | ||||||
14 | and Gene Siskel co-hosted the PBS show "Opening Soon at a | ||||||
15 | Theater Near You"; it evolved into "Sneak Previews" when the | ||||||
16 | show went into syndication; the show would go through different | ||||||
17 | titles as it moved through the years; and
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18 | WHEREAS, Roger Ebert authored more than 15 books covering | ||||||
19 | the film industry and branched out into screenplays; in 1969 he | ||||||
20 | was the co-writer of the movie "Beyond the Valley of the | ||||||
21 | Dolls", a film that has since achieved cult status; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Roger Ebert founded the annual Roger Ebert Film | ||||||
2 | Festival, known as Ebertfest, originally called Roger Ebert's | ||||||
3 | Overlooked Film Festival; and | ||||||
4 | WHEREAS, Roger Ebert was a renowned author, journalist, | ||||||
5 | film historian, film critic, and screenwriter who touched the | ||||||
6 | lives of many; and | ||||||
7 | WHEREAS, Roger Ebert was a pioneer of film journalism and | ||||||
8 | was the greatest of his craft; and | ||||||
9 | WHEREAS, Roger Ebert was born in Urbana on June 18, 1942, | ||||||
10 | to Annabel and Walter H. Ebert; he attended Urbana High School | ||||||
11 | and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, graduating in | ||||||
12 | 1964; he spent a year at the University of Cape Town in South | ||||||
13 | Africa before attending the University of Chicago; he married | ||||||
14 | Charlie "Chaz" Hammelsmith in July 1992; and | ||||||
15 | WHEREAS, Roger Ebert is survived by his beloved wife, Chaz; | ||||||
16 | therefore, be it
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17 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
18 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
19 | we mourn the passing of Roger Ebert, and extend our sincere | ||||||
20 | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved |
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1 | him; and be it further
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2 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
3 | presented to the family of Roger Ebert as an expression of our | ||||||
4 | deepest sympathy.
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