Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Roger Ebert across 5 places, from 1942 to 2013.
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Roger Joseph Ebert (June 18, 1942 – April 4, 2013) was an American film critic, film historian, essayist, screenwriter and author.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Roger Ebert was documented, and when
18 June 1942exact date
Urbana, Illinoisattested“Roger Joseph Ebert was born on June 18, 1942, in Urbana, Illinois, the only child of Annabel (), a bookkeeper, and Walter Harry Ebert, an electrician.”source: Wikipedia: Roger Ebert
1966year
Londonattested“Ebert first visited London in 1966 with his professor Daniel Curley, who "started me on a lifelong practice of wandering around London.”source: Wikipedia: Roger Ebert
1968year
Graham School of Continuing Liberal and Professional Studiesattested“Beginning in 1968, Ebert worked for the University of Chicago as an adjunct lecturer, teaching a night class on film at the Graham School of Continuing Liberal and Professional Studies.”source: Wikipedia: Roger Ebert
1994year
Tokyoattested“He admitted that he barely played video games: "I have played Cosmology of Kyoto which I enormously enjoyed, and Myst for which I lacked the patience." In the article, Ebert wrote, "It is quite possible a game could someday be great art.…”source: Wikipedia: Roger Ebert
4 April 2013exact date
Chicagoattested“Or, as the little dog, Milou, says whenever Tintin proposes a journey, 'Not by foot, I hope!'" On April 4, 2013, Ebert died at age 70 at a hospital in Chicago, shortly before he was set to return to his home and enter hospice care.”source: Wikipedia: Roger Ebert
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Graham School of Continuing Liberal and Professional Studies1 presence · 1968
Urbana, Illinois1 presence · 1942
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1960 to 1964period
Urbana High School (Illinois)mentioned“After graduating from Urbana High School in 1960, he attended the University of Illinois and received his undergraduate degree in journalism in 1964.”source: Wikipedia: Roger Ebert
1962year
Parismentioned“I saw it for the first time in a little fleabox of a theater on the Left Bank in Paris, in 1962, during my first $5 a day trip to Europe.”source: Wikipedia: Roger Ebert
1966year
Chicagomentioned“Instead, Kogan referred Ebert to the city editor at the Chicago Sun-Times, Jim Hoge, who hired him as a reporter and feature writer in 1966.”source: Wikipedia: Roger Ebert
1970year
Chicagomentioned“In 1970, Ebert wrote the first published concert review of singer-songwriter John Prine, who at the time was working as a mailman and performing at Chicago folk clubs.”source: Wikipedia: Roger Ebert
1999year
Walker Art Centermentioned“Ebert was an admirer of Werner Herzog, and conducted a Q&A session with him at the Walker Arts Center in 1999.”source: Wikipedia: Roger Ebert
2000year
The White Housementioned“In 2000, Ebert interviewed President Bill Clinton about movies at The White House.”source: Wikipedia: Roger Ebert
2003year
Cannesmentioned“Ebert often quoted something Herzog told him: "our civilization is starving for new images." When Vincent Gallo's The Brown Bunny (2003) premiered at Cannes, Ebert called it the worst film in the history of the festival.”source: Wikipedia: Roger Ebert
2005year
Cannesmentioned“Ebert replied: "It is true that I am fat, but one day I will be thin, and he will still be the director of The Brown Bunny." Ebert gave the director's cut a positive review, writing that Gallo "is not the director of the same Brown Bunny…”source: Wikipedia: Roger Ebert
2007year
United Statesmentioned“As of 2007, his reviews were syndicated to more than 200 newspapers in the United States and abroad.”source: Wikipedia: Roger Ebert
2013year
Roy Thomson Hallmentioned“The composition was selected by his widow, Chaz Ebert, and depicts Ebert sitting in the middle of three theater seats giving a "thumbs up." The 2013 Toronto International Film Festival opened with a video tribute of Ebert at Roy Thomson…”source: Wikipedia: Roger Ebert
11 April 2013exact date
Chicago Theatrementioned“A nearly-three-hour public tribute, entitled Roger Ebert: A Celebration of Life, was held on April 11, 2013, at the Chicago Theatre.”source: Wikipedia: Roger Ebert
August 2013month
El Paso, Texasmentioned“I loved Roger." In August 2013, the Plaza Classic Film Festival in El Paso, Texas, paid homage to Ebert by screening seven films that played a role in his life: Citizen Kane, The Third Man, Tokyo Story, La Dolce Vita, Beyond the Valley o…”source: Wikipedia: Roger Ebert
24 April 2014exact date
Chicagomentioned“It featured in-person remembrances, video testimonials, video and film clips, and gospel choirs, and was, according to the Chicago Tribune Mark Caro, "a laughter- and sorrow-filled send-off from the entertainment and media worlds." In Se…”source: Wikipedia: Roger Ebert
24 April 2014exact date
Champaign, Illinoismentioned“It featured in-person remembrances, video testimonials, video and film clips, and gospel choirs, and was, according to the Chicago Tribune Mark Caro, "a laughter- and sorrow-filled send-off from the entertainment and media worlds." In Se…”source: Wikipedia: Roger Ebert
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