Roger Ebert - a life in pictures

Roger Ebert in the Chicago Sun-Times newsroom in 1969 Photograph: Bob Kotalik/AP

Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert during the review skit on Saturday Night Live, 25 September 1982 Photograph: NBC/Getty Images

Roger Ebert and Michael Moore at the opening of Roger And Me, 1989 Toronto Film Festival Photograph: Everett Collection /Rex Features

Roger Ebert chats with Steven Spielberg on the set of the Siskel & Ebert Anniversary Special in 1996 in Los Angeles Photograph: Joan Adlen Photography/Getty Images

Siskel, who died in 1999, and Ebert Photograph: AP

Ebert with The Rock on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno in 2000 Photograph: NBC/Getty Images

Roger Ebert with a special award of recognition at the American Society of Cinematographers 17th Annual Outstanding Achievement Awards on 16 February 2003 Photograph: Kevin Winter/Getty Images

Roger Ebert with his wife, Chaz, when he was presented with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, 2005 Photograph: Graham Whitby-Boot/Sportsphoto Ltd./Allstar

Roger Ebert in his office at the WTTW-TV studios in Chicago, 2011 Photograph: Charles Rex Arbogast/AP

A man dressed as Batman walks past flowers placed before the Ebert's star on 4 April 2013 Photograph: Joe Klamar/AFP/Getty Images