Bill Text: IL SR0233 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Roger Ebert, film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-04-18 - Resolution Adopted [SR0233 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SR0233-Introduced.html
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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
3 | learn of the death of Roger Ebert, film critic for the Chicago | ||||||
4 | Sun-Times for the past 46 years, who passed away on April 4, | ||||||
5 | 2013; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Roger Ebert joined the Sun-Times in 1966 and | ||||||
7 | became the paper's movie reviewer the following year in 1967; | ||||||
8 | his reviews were eventually syndicated to several hundred other | ||||||
9 | newspapers nationwide; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Roger Ebert received a Pulitzer Prize in 1975 for | ||||||
11 | distinguished criticism-the first, and one of only 3, given to | ||||||
12 | a film reviewer since the category was created in 1970; in | ||||||
13 | 2005, he became the first critic to have a star on the | ||||||
14 | Hollywood Walk of Fame; and
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15 | WHEREAS, Roger Ebert's television career began in 1975, | ||||||
16 | first in the Chicago area and then nationwide on PBS, when he | ||||||
17 | and Gene Siskel co-hosted the show "Opening Soon at a Theater | ||||||
18 | Near You"; the show was renamed "Sneak Previews", "At the | ||||||
19 | Movies", and eventually "Siskel & Ebert & The Movies", at which | ||||||
20 | point the signature "thumbs up, thumbs down" rating system | ||||||
21 | began; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Roger Ebert authored over 20 books covering the | ||||||
2 | film industry and branched out into screenplays; in 1969 he was | ||||||
3 | the co-writer of the movie "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls", a | ||||||
4 | film that has since achieved cult status; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Roger Ebert founded the annual Ebertfest Film | ||||||
6 | Festival in 1999, which holds its 15th incarnation April 17-21, | ||||||
7 | 2013, at the Virginia Theatre in Champaign; and
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8 | WHEREAS, Roger Ebert was a renowned author, journalist, | ||||||
9 | film historian, film critic, and screenwriter; he received | ||||||
10 | honorary degrees from the American Film Institute, the | ||||||
11 | University of Colorado, and the School of the Art Institute; he | ||||||
12 | is a member of the Chicago Journalism Hall of Fame and was | ||||||
13 | honored with a sidewalk medallion under the Chicago Theatre | ||||||
14 | marquee; and
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15 | WHEREAS, Roger Ebert was born in Urbana on June 18, 1942, | ||||||
16 | to Annabel and Walter H. Ebert; he attended Urbana High School | ||||||
17 | and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, graduating in | ||||||
18 | 1964; he spent a year at the University of Cape Town in South | ||||||
19 | Africa before attending the University of Chicago; he married | ||||||
20 | Charlie "Chaz" Hammelsmith in 1992; and
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21 | WHEREAS, Roger Ebert is survived by his wife; his | ||||||
22 | stepchildren, Sonia and Jay; and his grandchildren, Raven, |
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1 | Emil, Mark, and Joseph; therefore, be it
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2 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | ||||||
3 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
4 | Roger Ebert, and extend our sincere condolences to his family, | ||||||
5 | friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further
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6 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
7 | presented to the family of Roger Ebert as an expression of our | ||||||
8 | deepest sympathy.
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