I miss him every time I think of him, which is often. What a treasure. I saw him in person several times, between UIUC (where he held a film festival every yea

I miss him every time I think of him, which is often. What a treasure. I saw him in person several times, between UIUC (where he held a film festival every year), and Chicago but never talked to him. I regret never telling him how much his writing meant to me. Now that I have a father who's dying of cancer, my admiration for Roger Ebert has grown higher. When _he_ was dying of cancer, rather than hide away from public sight, Roger Ebert let the world see him (which his lower jaw removed), helping to fight some of the shame and stigma that comes with being ill.