Roger Ebert, the acclaimed movie critic from the group Siskel and Ebert, is an oral cancer survivor that is still thriving today. The Oprah.com published a recent article on Roger Ebert highlighting his fight and how he overcame the disease. His fight with cancer left him in a spot where he lost his voice completely. However, he didn’t let that stop him. According to Oprah,

Another blow came in 2002, when Roger was diagnosed with thyroid cancer, which later spread to his salivary glands and jaw. He endured surgery after surgery, and the cancer eventually took Roger’s voice. In 2006, he was forced to leave his show after more than 30 years on the air.

Although cancer has left Roger unable to speak, eat or drink, it hasn’t slowed him down one bit. More than forty years after he started, his words are as powerful as ever. His reviews are still featured in more than 200 newspapers worldwide, and readers flock to his popular blog.

Follow this link for the full article on Roger Ebert‘s fight with oral cancer.

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