Nora Ephron Dead at 71

[CapnHook]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/26/nora-ephron-dead-dies-age-71_n_1627757.html

RIP

[Jordan Catalano]

Rest In Peace.

[dramamama611]

She was 71????!!!!



RIP

[iluvtheatertrash]

We've got a thread going on the Main Board, too. But there can't be enough love for this amazing woman.

Here's a great article in the WSJ: http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2012/06/26/how-nora-ephron-directed-women-to-the-top/?mod=google_news_blog

She was extraordinary. So sad right now...

[tazber]

Wow. I had no idea she was that old.

R.I.P.

[JbaraFan1]

Sad to hear this. R.I.P.

[beautywickedlover]

R.I.P. Very sad to hear this news! I have enjoyed many of her films.

[StageManager2]

Was it heartburn?

[Bluemoon]

I'm really saddened by this news. She was a terrific wordsmith, a great wit and a ballsy dame with a twinkle in her eye. Pax!

[PalJoey]

She was original. Many have modeled themselves on her, but there was and will be no one else like her.

[Jon]

A sad irony is that the most famous line from all of her films is one she did not write - it was an ad lib...

"I'll have what she's having."

[Borstalboy]

I was never a terribly big fan but I loved her screenplay of SILKWOOD that she wrote with Alice Arlen.

And you gotta hand it to a lady who became an A-list director after age 50.

RIP

[Addison D.]

Ms. Ephron was charming at the AFI salute to Meryl Streep.







"I highly recommend having Meryl Streep play you"

[NYadgal]

NO!
NoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo

I don't want to read this.


RIP and thank you.

[Almira]

I loved listening to her on the radio on Thanksgiving day giving advice to cooks.

A truly remarkable - in many ways "renaissance" - woman.

[mominator]

Sad news. I always thought of her as another Dorothy Parker with her wicked wit. Peace be with her family and friends.

[doodlenyc]

Funny that her Dorothy Parker Problem begins Janet Maslin's article in the NYT yesterday.

"When Nora Ephron wrote about her early aspiration to be the only lady at the table, the sharpest wit in the room, she called this her ¯Dorothy Parker problem.¯ The problem was that many other young writers saw Dorothy Parker as their role model, too."
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/27/movies/nora-ephrons-sharp-edges-and-sugary-success.html

Thank you, and RIP!

[mominator]

Missed that article yesterday, thanks for the link doodle!