We were lucky, here in Champaign-Urbana. We probably got more of Roger Ebert for more years than any place other than Chicago. A year and 10 days. Roger Ebert left us on April 4, 2013. We were lucky, here in Champaign-Urbana. We probably got more of Ebert for more years than any place other than Chicago. He started here, sure, but when you're Roger Ebert, you could forget that, if you wanted to.