Screenwriter and Director Nora Ephron Dies at 71
Nora Ephron, the celebrated screenwriter and director, died of leukemia Tuesday evening in New York, according to The New York Times.
The news followed an afternoon in which it was reported that she was gravely ill, though her agency CAA and publisher Knopf denied earlier reports that she had died.
Ephron, best known for penning the screenplay for When Harry Met Sally … (1989) and then writing and directing Sleepless in Seattle (1989) and You've Got Mail (1998), had not been reported as ill before a story from gossip columnist Liz Smith -- which repeatedly referred to the 71-year-old in the past tense while never pronouncing her dead.
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The news followed an afternoon in which it was reported that she was gravely ill, though her agency CAA and publisher Knopf denied earlier reports that she had died.
Ephron, best known for penning the screenplay for When Harry Met Sally … (1989) and then writing and directing Sleepless in Seattle (1989) and You've Got Mail (1998), had not been reported as ill before a story from gossip columnist Liz Smith -- which repeatedly referred to the 71-year-old in the past tense while never pronouncing her dead.
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