Full Text of HR0220 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Roger | 4 | | Ebert, film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times, who passed away | 5 | | on April 4, 2013; and
| 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
| 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
| 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 PBS show "Sneak Previews"; | 18 | | throughout the years, he would host various popular movie | 19 | | review shows; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Roger Ebert authored over 20 books covering the | 21 | | film industry and branched out into screenplays; in 1969 he was |
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| 1 | | the co-writer of the movie "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls", a | 2 | | film that has since achieved cult status; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Roger Ebert founded the annual Ebertfest Film | 4 | | Festival, which holds its 15th incarnation April 17-21, 2013, | 5 | | at the Virginia Theatre in Champaign; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Roger Ebert was a renowned author, journalist, | 7 | | film historian, film critic, and screenwriter who touched the | 8 | | lives of many; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, Roger Ebert was born in Urbana on June 18, 1942, | 10 | | to Annabel and Walter H. Ebert; he attended Urbana High School | 11 | | and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, graduating in | 12 | | 1964; he spent a year at the University of Cape Town in South | 13 | | Africa before attending the University of Chicago; he married | 14 | | Charlie "Chaz" Hammelsmith in 1992; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Roger Ebert is survived by his wife; his | 16 | | stepchildren, Sonia and Jay; and his grandchildren, Raven, | 17 | | Emil, Mark, and Joseph; therefore, be it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 19 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 20 | | we mourn the passing of Roger Ebert, and extend our sincere | 21 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved |
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| 2 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 | | presented to the family of Roger Ebert as an expression of our | 4 | | deepest sympathy.
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