Richard Roeper replaced Mr. Siskel after he died in 1999, but Mr. Ebert's health problems ended his on-air reviewing in 2006.

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Fellow critic Richard Roeper served as one of the pallbearers, carrying Ebert's casket into the cathedral, where dignitaries waited, including Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel.

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Siskel died even younger, at age 53 in 1999, and while Ebert struck up a successful new partnership with Richard Roeper, they never captured the same magic.

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