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Roger Ebert Will Have More Surgery

AP
Posted: 2008-01-24 12:28:20
Filed Under: Movie News
CHICAGO (Jan. 24) - After undergoing a series of cancer surgeries, Roger Ebert says he'll have yet another operation.

According to a statement in the Chicago Sun-Times, Ebert was to have surgery Thursday in Houston to address complications from previous operations.

Roger Ebert
Seth Perlman, AP

Roger Ebert, here at a film festival in Illinois on April 25, 2007, will have more surgery to address complications from previous operations to treat his cancer.

Ebert, 65, has been a film critic at the newspaper for more than 40 years.

He has undergone a series of operations, including the removal of a growth on his salivary gland and a tracheostomy, a procedure that opens an airway through an incision in the windpipe, that left him unable to speak.

Though he has been unable to appear on "At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper" for more than a year, with guest hosts filling in, Ebert has been writing reviews regularly.

He said he's written several advance reviews and other columns to appear while he recuperates.

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jyoung0071 11:59:00 PM Jan 25 2008

Roger,

If you are reading this, you have my best wishes and prayers. You are a fighter, and the iconic movie critic of our day.

Best,

Jack

kreidy5504 02:19:35 PM Jan 25 2008

Good then he won't be able to voice his support for convicted cop killer Abu Jamal Mumia.

jeremy9100 11:31:21 AM Jan 25 2008

Well I for one, feel TERRIBLY sorry for him. The pain and the fear must be excruciating.

shel3040 11:21:55 AM Jan 25 2008

HE IS A REAL HERO GOD BLESS HIM!

michaeligou 10:59:50 AM Jan 25 2008

No one better at his job than Roger.

newlifeforjenny 10:46:11 AM Jan 25 2008

He is a knowledgable, entertaining, courageous man..God Bless Him!

rvmamas 10:21:53 AM Jan 25 2008

dvdfrnzwbr: You must be on some bad drugs.

ludieinky 10:12:29 AM Jan 25 2008

God Bless and Keep..

ajalsup1933 10:07:41 AM Jan 25 2008

God's speed Roger------------------God's speed..................

sagebee1 09:38:41 AM Jan 25 2008

I wish him well....he's a nice guy.....

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