Home > Gene Siskel

Siskel graduated from Yale University in 1967 and began working for the Chicago Tribune in 1969. In 1974 while doing movie reviews for a local television station doing a show called Sneak Previews , he was teamed up with Roger Ebert. Their "thumbs-up, thumbs-down" system soon became the standard for the profession. The duo eventually created a popular weekly movie review TV show called simply Siskel & Ebert.

In 1998, Siskel underwent brain surgerySurgery is the medical specialty that treats diseases or injuries by operative manual and instrumental treatment. Its practitioners are referred to as surgeons''. History of surgery Although surgeons are now considered to be specialised physicians, the pr to remove a brain tumorA brain tumor is any mass created by an abnormal and uncontrolled growth of cells either found in the brain ( neurons, glial cells, epithelial cells, myelin producing cells etc. or spread ( metastasis) of tumor cells from elsewhere. Brain tumors are usual. He announced on February 3February 3 is the 34th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 331 days remaining, (332 in leap years). In the Northern hemisphere, there are 88 days in winter (in a non-leap year). We are considered halfway through winter on February 3., 1999 that he was taking a leave of absenceLeave of absence is a colloquial phrase that is typically used in the U. to mean an extended period of time away from your job without ending your employment status. A leave of absence differs from a typical vacation, as a leave of absence is often of ind but that he expected to be back by the fall, writing "I'm in a hurry to get well because I don't want Roger to get more screen time than I."

He died from complications of the surgery two weeks later, at age 53.