Ebert's favorite film of 2012 was eventual Best Picture winner 'Argo.'
A sad day for cinema fans everywhere today; veteran film critic, author, advocate, and (lately) blogger/Twitter master Roger Ebert has died after a long battle with cancer.
Below, some clips paying tribute to the man, the myth, the guy who co-wrote Russ Meyer's 1970 Beyond the Valley of the Dolls.
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PS Ebert was also a badass defender of filmmakers ... love this clip: