U.S. film critic Roger Ebert has died, the Chicago Sun-Times newspaper said in a Twitter posting on Thursday (April 4).<br/> <br />Ebert, 70, who had lost his ability to speak and eat after surgeries for thyroid and salivary gland cancer in 2002 and 2003, said earlier this week that his cancer had returned.<br/> <br />"It is with a heavy heart we report that legendary film critic Roger Ebert (@ebertchicago) has passed away," the newspaper where Ebert worked for decades said on Twitter.<br/> <br />On Thursday, Flowers were placed on Ebert's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
