About time roger ebert cancer
About time roger ebert cancer
Roger ebert cancer what kind.
Two days after announcing he was taking a "leave of presence" because of a cancer recurrence, iconic film critic Roger Ebert has died at age 70, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.
The Chicago Tribune reported that Ebert, who was hospitalized last December after he broke his hip, wrote online on Tuesday that "the 'painful fracture' that made it difficult for me to walk has recently been revealed to be a cancer.
It is being treated with radiation, which has made it impossible for me to attend as many movies as I used to."
It is unclear so far what kind of cancer Ebert had been diagnosed with before his death; he had previously been diagnosed with thyroid and salivary gland cancer, but there are no reports as to whether one of these cancers came back, or if a new cancer developed.
The Chicago Tribune reported that Ebert was first diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2002, and salivary gland cancer in 2003. Doctors found cancer in his jaw in 2006, which necessitated the removal of