Roger Ebert was celebrated Monday as a film critic, newspaperman, social-justice soldier, husband, father, grandfather and champion of artists and imagination, but the great cross-section of mourners ...

It was an appropriately gray, overcast and rainy morning for the funeral of beloved film critic Roger Ebert at the Holy Name Cathedral in downtown Chicago. Some of the people lined up outside the ...

"Whether or not we knew Roger, we knew he loved Chicago and Chicago loved Roger," the Chicago Tribune quoted Mayor Rahm Emanuel as saying from the podium. "Roger…was able to bring the spirit of ...

Famous names, including Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel and Illinois governor Pat Quinn were among those who eulogized film critic Roger Ebert at his funeral Monday at Chicago's Holy Name Cathedral. The ...

Chaz Hammelsmith remembered her husband Roger Ebert as a man without prejudice during a funeral Monday for the late Chicago Sun-Times critic. "He really was a soldier for social justice," Hammelsmith ...

Roger Ebert was remembered Monday morning at a funeral mass by his family, colleagues, and fellow Chicagoans as a man who shared himself with the world and fought for social justice. His wife Chaz ...

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