July 12 will be "Roger Ebert Day" in Chicago, the City Council declared in a proclamation honoring the Chicago Sun-Times movie critic.
Presiding over the council Wednesday, Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley said, "I move the adoption of the resolution with a thumb's up."
A plaque honoring Ebert will be placed under the Chicago Theater marquee made famous from the opening of the old "Untouchables" TV show.
"You may have a Walk of Fame in Hollywood, but everyday you truly represent what is best of the Chicago skyline and what is best of our great history," Daley told Ebert during the council meeting. Later this summer, Ebert will get a star on the famed Hollywood Boulevard sidewalk.
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