Deceased

How Did Roger Ebert Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 70

Also known asRoger Joseph Ebert, Reinhold TimmeGenderMaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn18/06/1942Born inUrbana, Illinois, USADied04/04/2013Died inChicagoCausethyroid cancerWikidataQ212173 ↗Buried atGraceland CemeteryTMDb#41694 ↗

Roger Joseph Ebert was an American film critic, film historian, essayist, screenwriter and author. He wrote for the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013. Ebert was known for his intimate, Midwestern writing style and critical views informed by values of populism and humanism. Writing in a prose style intended to be entertaining and direct, he made sophisticated cinematic and analytical ideas more accessible to non-specialist audiences.

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Filmography32 titles

Importing filmography…

Year	Title	Character	Age at release
2025	John Candy: I Like MeMovie	Self - Film Critic (archive footage)	83
2024	Remembering Gene WilderMovie	Self (archive photo)	82
2024	Hollywood BlackSeries	Self (archive footage)	82
2020	Kubrick by KubrickMovie	Self (archive footage)	78
2020	The AGFA Mystery Mixtape VaultMovie	(archive footage)	78
2018	HowardMovie	Self (archive footage)	76
2016	BurdenMovie	Self (archive footage)	74
2010	Don't You Forget About MeMovie	Self	68
2009	Waking Sleeping BeautyMovie	Self (archive footage)	67
2006	Above, Beneath and Beyond the Valley: The Making of a Musical-Horror-Sex-ComedyMovie	Self	64
2005	Jiminy Glick in LalawoodMovie	Roger Ebert (uncredited)	63
2004	The Tony Danza ShowSeries	Self	62
2004	Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood RenegadeMovie	Self	62
2003	Playboy: Sex at 24 Frames Per SecondMovie	Self	61
2002	Searching for Debra WingerMovie	Self	60
2002	All the Love You Cannes!Movie	Self	60
2002	Mysteries of LoveMovie	Self (archive footage)	60
2000	Welcome to HollywoodMovie	Roger Ebert	58
1999	Television: The First Fifty YearsMovie	Self	57
1997	The ViewSeries	Self	55
1996	Early EditionSeries	Roger Ebert	54
1996	The Daily ShowSeries	Self	54
1996	E! True Hollywood StorySeries	—	54
1996	Ballyhoo: The Hollywood Sideshow!Movie	—	54
1995	You Can't Do That! The Making of 'A Hard Day's Night'Movie	Self - Host	53
1994	The CriticSeries	Roger Ebert (voice)	52
1993	Late Show with David LettermanSeries	Self - Guest	51
1993	Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical CelebrationMovie	Self (segment "Monster in the Mirror")	51
1992	The Tonight Show with Jay LenoSeries	—	50
1988	LIVE with Kelly and MarkSeries	—	46
1988	The Incredibly Strange Film ShowSeries	Self	46
1975	Saturday Night LiveSeries	Self (uncredited)	33