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7. HE WAS AT HOME ON SOCIAL MEDIA. Ebert had nearly 840,000 Twitter followers and had tweeted more than 31,000 times. He had more than 100,000 likes on Facebook and wrote a regular blog. He announced on his blog Tuesday that he was scaling back his movie reviews and finished the post saying: "So on this day of reflection I say again, thank you for going on this journey with me. I'll see you at the movies." 8.HUMBLE ROOTS IN ILLINOIS. Ebert grew up the son of a union electrician who worked at the University of Illinois in Urbana. He graduated from the university and it hosts an annual film festival in his honor called Ebertfest. 9. NOT JUST A CRITIC, BUT A SCREENWRITER. Ebert wrote the screenplay for the film "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls," directed by Russ Meyer. It earned an X rating and became a cult favorite. 10. RICE COOKER RECIPES WERE A PASTIME. Ebert received a rice cooker as a wedding present in 1992 and would take it with him to film festivals for food during busy movie-viewing schedules. He published a book of recipes in 202 with the title: "The Pot and How to Use It. The Mystery and Romance of the Rice Cooker.
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