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Poor Ebert . . . it just can't possibly get worse, can it?

Roger Ebert says he has cancer again, taking 'leave of presence'

Roger Ebert will be writing fewer of his famed movie reviews because a recurrence of cancer, but the movie critic promises his illness will give him other topics to write about.

The Pulitzer Prize winner announced on his blog that he is undergoing radiation treatment for cancer that was discovered after he fractured his hip last year. He can't attend as many movie screenings, he said, so he will scale back.

He's calling it a "leave of presence."

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2013/04/03/roger-ebert-says-has-cancer-again-taking-leave-presence/#ixzz2PSigCc4T
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I was horrified to see the above photo. I still had the images of his Siskel days embedded in my mind's eye. I wish him the best and appreciate his spirit for carrying on as he has for the past years.





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Topic - Poor Ebert . . . it just can't possibly get worse, can it? - just grits 20:35:38 04/03/13 (17)

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