His story is a sad one to be told, but it just truly proves what an amazing man he is.
Esquire has just released a moving and shocking interview with Roger Ebert about his painful past and his triumphant present
At the age of 67, the movie critic best known for the movement of his thumbs, finds [...]
His story is a sad one to be told, but it just truly proves what an amazing man he is.
Esquire has just released a moving and shocking interview with Roger Ebert about his painful past and his triumphant present
At the age of 67, the movie critic best known for the movement of his thumbs, finds himself unable to speak, eat, or drink. In 2002, a malignant thyroid had to be removed, which was just the first of several surgeries that led to a tracheotomy in 2006 and the total loss of his speech.
But though he no longer has the ability to speak, that doesn't mean he has lost his voice. Roger is still a reviewer for the Chicago Sun-Times and, if we may say so, an engaging Tweeter. He has developed his own type of sign language to communicate as well as a text-to-speech program on his computer.
His outlook: "What else can go wrong?" and so he makes the best of his given situation. During the interview, he writes:
"I believe that if, at the end of it all, according to our abilities, we have done something to make others a little happier, and something to make ourselves a little happier, that is about the best we can do. To make others less happy is a crime. To make ourselves unhappy is where all crime starts. We must try to contribute joy to the world. That is true no matter what our problems, our health, our circumstances. We must try. I didn't always know this, and am happy I lived long enough to find it out."
We agree Mr. Ebert.
We'll put two thumbs way up for that!
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