Roger Ebert’s estate has an estimated net worth of $9 million

Roger Ebert was an American film critic, journalist, and screenwriter with an estate estimated at $9 million. He stood at  5’8″ upon his death. Roger Ebert was born on June 18, 1942 in Urbana, Illinois. Ebert was raised Roman Catholic, he attended St. Mary’s Elementary School. His fascination with journalism began when he attended Urbana High School. He was a sports contributor for The News-Gazette and he also wrote letters of comment to science fiction fanzines (semi-professional magazines published by sci-fi fans) like Richard A. Lupoff’s Xero. By his senior year in high school, Ebert was the school’s class president and editor-in-chief of the school’s paper The Echo.

Roger Ebert went on to study at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He worked as an editor and reporter for The Daily Illni. One of his first movie reviews was a review of La Dolce Vita, published in The Daily Illni’s  October 1961 issue. He graduated in 1964. Ebert went on to a complete a one- year fellowship at the University of Cape Town where he studied English. Upon return to the states, Ebert got accepted to to a graduate program at The University of Chicago. He needed to support himself while living in Chicago, so he got a job as a feature writer for the Chicago Sun-Times. After a year, Ebert became a film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times. The work load between school and his job became too much, so Ebert dropped out of The University of Chicago.

Ebert began his career as a film critic in 1967. In 1975 Roger began hosting a local weekly film review television show called Sneak Previews. PBS picked up the show for national syndication, and Gene Siskel was added as Roger’s co-host in 1978. The two coined the term “two thumbs up/down” indicating that they both liked or disliked a film. Siskel and Ebert trademarked the popular phrase. In 1982, Siskel and Ebert moved the show from PBS and changed the name to At The Movies with Gene Siskel & Robert Ebert. Four years later they moved the show to new ownership with Buena Vista Television and called it Siskel & Ebert & The Movies. When Siskel dies in 1999, producers changed the show to Robert Ebert & The Movies. Robert’s solo show featured a rotation of guest film critics, until 2000 when Richard Roeper was added and it changed to At The Movies With Ebert & Roeper (and more variations) .

In 1975, Ebert became the first film critic to to be awarded with a Pulitzer Prize for Criticism. Roger Ebert was also the first film critic to get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (in 2005). In 2009, the Directors Guild of America made him a lifetime honorary member. Roger Ebert is arguably the best-known film critic in America. His reviews were syndicated in newspapers worldwide due to people’s respect for his professional opinion.

Ebert was diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer in 2002 which was successfully removed. In 2003, he underwent surgery  for the cancer in his salivary glands.He received radiation treatment afterwards. In 2006, Ebert’s cancer unfortunately returned and surgeons had to remove cancerous issue from his jaw. Afterwards, he was never able to speak again, and had to use a computerized voice system to communicate After his 11-year battle with cancer, Ebert passed away on April 4, 2013. President Obama released a statement about Ebert’s death, he wrote ”Roger was the movies … [he could capture] the unique power of the movies to take us somewhere magical … The movies won’t be the same without Roger”.

Roger Ebert’s estate has enough net worth to buy:

1. 450,000 Parks & Recreation: Season One Dvds ($20 each)

2. 110,159.1 Leadership:Theory and Practice Textbooks ($81.70 each)

3. 225,000 MLB St. Louis Cardinals 2013 World Series Diamond tech Caps ($40 each)

Roger Ebert’s estate has enough net worth to give everyone in Honduras $1.