Roger Ebert Dies: Legendary Film Critic Dead At 70; Announced Return Of Cancer On April 3

Roger Ebert, legendary journalist, film critic and screenwriter, has died today. The Chicago-Sun Times tweeted the news of Roger Ebert's death one day after he announced that his cancer had returned.

Ebert, 70, who reviewed movies for the Chicago Sun-Times for over 46 years died Thrusday in Chicago, after a decade of poor health. Ebert was battling cancers of the thyroid and salivary gland.

Ebert's health struggle was known to the public after losing part of his lower jaw in 2006, most believed he would live out of the public eye. However, Ebert refused to hide, when he lost his lower jaw, he also lost the ability to speak or eat, but still he embraced it. He chronicled this devasting illnes and wrote to him there was "no point in denying it."

Ebert continued to write about his sickness and struugles with courage, candor and wit, chararestics that never faded.

Ebert was a man who believed, "no good film is too long," he once wrote, a sentiment he felt strongly enough about to have engraved on pens. "No bad movie is short enough."

Ebert loved his work until his death, his last words blogged were: "I'll see you at the movies!"