Film Critic Roger Ebert Recovering After Emergency Surgery

Film critic Roger Ebert is expected to make a full recovery after he underwent emergency surgery after experiencing problems related to a previous operation to remove a cancerous growth.

The 64-year-old columnist and TV personality underwent surgery on June 16 to remove a growth from his salivary gland and on Saturday a blood vessel near the site of the operation reportedly burst.

Ebert’s wife Chaz said Sunday her husband was well on the road to recovery.

“I am pleased to report that the doctors say Roger is stable and responding well to the recent surgery,” she said.

“Roger and I are so grateful for your prayers and support but please give the big guy the space and time needed to recover until he is ready to use those thumbs again.”

Ebert has undergone cancer surgery three times before. In 2002, he had a malignant tumour removed from his thyroid gland and he had two cancerous growths removed from his salivary gland in 2003.

He’s best known for his “thumbs up” or “thumbs down” movie reviews on his show Ebert and Roeper. He’s also been writing film critiques for the Chicago Sun-Times since 1967 and won a Pulitzer Prize for his print reviews in 1975. That same year he teamed up with rival columnist Gene Siskel who died in 1999.

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