A LOUD VOICE IS SILENCED

Roger Ebert, a well-known vocal movie critic, has lost his ability to speak due to thyroid and salivary gland cancer.  Because his jaw had to be removed, he has been permanently disfigured.  For one who made his living speaking and being in the public eye, it has to have been devastating.  However, he's definitely made lemonade out of lemons.  With modern technology, he can still do what he loves to do.  When being interviewed recently on TV, he had this to say about his disability:  "It's a waste of time feeling sorry for yourself, because it doesn't change anything or help anything.  You just have to keep on, keeping on."