Facebook briefly shutters Roger Ebert’s Facebook page

The move was seemingly a result of the film critic’s tweet about the death of ‘Jackass’ star Ryan Dunn. UPDATE: A Facebook rep said it was an ‘error.’ UPDATE 2: In a blog post, Ebert says he was ‘probably too quick to tweet.’

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Dunn and a passenger died in a fiery crash on Monday morning. His friends have said he consumed three beers and three shots before getting behind the wheel.

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