Full Text of HR0234 098th 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 became the paper's movie reviewer in | 7 | | 1967; his reviews were eventually syndicated to several hundred | 8 | | newspapers nationwide; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Roger Ebert received a Pulitzer Prize in 1975 for | 10 | | distinguished criticism; in 2005, he became the first critic to | 11 | | have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Roger Ebert's television career began in 1975, | 13 | | first in the Chicago area and then nationwide on PBS, when he | 14 | | and Gene Siskel co-hosted the PBS show "Opening Soon at a | 15 | | Theater Near You"; it evolved into "Sneak Previews" when the | 16 | | show went into syndication; the show would go through different | 17 | | titles as it moved through the years; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Roger Ebert authored more than 15 books covering | 19 | | the film industry and branched out into screenplays; in 1969 he | 20 | | was the co-writer of the movie "Beyond the Valley of the | 21 | | Dolls", a film that has since achieved cult status; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Roger Ebert founded the annual Roger Ebert Film | 2 | | Festival, known as Ebertfest, originally called Roger Ebert's | 3 | | Overlooked Film Festival; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, Roger Ebert was a renowned author, journalist, | 5 | | film historian, film critic, and screenwriter who touched the | 6 | | lives of many; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Roger Ebert was a pioneer of film journalism and | 8 | | was the greatest of his craft; 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 July 1992; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Roger Ebert is survived by his beloved wife, Chaz; | 16 | | therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 18 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 19 | | we mourn the passing of Roger Ebert, and extend our sincere | 20 | | 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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