It's easy to over-dramatize a celebrity's death in the immediate aftermath of their passing, and I've seen that happen in the last couple of days. Roger Ebert was, after all, just a movie critic -- but I challenge you to read this and not believe that he was a brilliant and wise man as well.
Partially posted by mk a couple of years ago. However, this version, an expanded excerpt from Ebert's memoir, includes a Van Gogh quote so moving that I don't know what to say about it.