Roger Ebert: Remaking my voice

[pokerfan]

"Leonard Cohen saved my life!"

When film critic Roger Ebert lost his lower jaw to cancer, he lost the ability to eat and speak. But he did not lose his voice. In a moving talk from TED2011, Ebert and his wife, Chaz, with friends Dean Ornish and John Hunter, come together to tell his remarkable story.

[longship]

2. OMG! That's a great video!

I hope that Roger Ebert's friends and family remember him for things like this. I must confess that this TED talk has left me as a weeping, blubbering whatever. Most likely it is because Roger Ebert has had class right up to the day he passed on.

We've all seen his political posts here at DU. Now, watch this TED talk and you will see the extent to which he really had the heart to which his writing, and his movie reviews sprang.

I really can no longer hold the tears back from his passing. We've lost a real gem.

[DianaForRussFeingold]

3. His loss has been having the same effect on me

[MrMickeysMom]

4. I will never forget seeing this...

[JDPriestly]

5. Inspiring!

[joanbarnes]

6. Thank you for sharing. RIP Roger, and THANK YOU for inspiring in your courage and sharing your voice