Chaz Ebert, television producer and widow of legendary film critic Roger Ebert, released a statement on Thursday addressing the loss of her husband and their life together. It is really, really lovely.

In it, Ebert mourned the loss of "my husband, my friend, my confidant and oh-so-brilliant partner," adding:

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He fought a courageous fight. I've lost the love of my life and the world has lost a visionary and a creative and generous spirit who touched so many people all over the world. We had a lovely, lovely life together, more beautiful and epic than a movie. It had its highs and the lows, but was always experienced with good humor, grace and a deep abiding love for each other.

And, just because, here's Roger on wife Chaz in a blog post from 2012: