Nora Ephron Dead at 71
Nora Ephron Dead at 71
#1Nora Ephron Dead at 71
Posted: 6/26/12 at 8:27pm
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/26/nora-ephron-dead-dies-age-71_n_1627757.html
RIP
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#2Nora Ephron Dead at 71
Posted: 6/26/12 at 8:33pm
She was 71????!!!!
RIP
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#3Nora Ephron Dead at 71
Posted: 6/26/12 at 8:33pm
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...
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#4Nora Ephron Dead at 71
Posted: 6/26/12 at 8:34pm
Wow. I had no idea she was that old.
R.I.P.
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#6Nora Ephron Dead at 71
Posted: 6/26/12 at 8:38pmR.I.P. Very sad to hear this news! I have enjoyed many of her films.
#7Nora Ephron Dead at 71
Posted: 6/26/12 at 8:52pmWas it heartburn?
Salve, Regina, Mater misericordiae
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra
Salve, Salve Regina
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra
Salve, Salve Regina
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia
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#8Nora Ephron Dead at 71
Posted: 6/26/12 at 8:53pmI'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!
#9Nora Ephron Dead at 71
Posted: 6/26/12 at 9:01pmShe was original. Many have modeled themselves on her, but there was and will be no one else like her.
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#10Nora Ephron Dead at 71
Posted: 6/26/12 at 9:16pm
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
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#11Nora Ephron Dead at 71
Posted: 6/26/12 at 10:55pm
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
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#12Nora Ephron Dead at 71
Posted: 6/26/12 at 11:26pm
Ms. Ephron was charming at the AFI salute to Meryl Streep.
"I highly recommend having Meryl Streep play you"
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Updated On: 6/26/12 at 11:26 PM
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#13Nora Ephron Dead at 71
Posted: 6/27/12 at 12:16am
NO!
NoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
I don't want to read this. 
RIP and thank you.
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Updated On: 6/27/12 at 12:16 AM
#14Nora Ephron Dead at 71
Posted: 6/27/12 at 2:11am
I loved listening to her on the radio on Thanksgiving day giving advice to cooks.
A truly remarkable - in many ways "renaissance" - woman.
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#15Nora Ephron Dead at 71
Posted: 6/27/12 at 9:08amSad news. I always thought of her as another Dorothy Parker with her wicked wit. Peace be with her family and friends.
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#16Nora Ephron Dead at 71
Posted: 6/27/12 at 10:03am
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!
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#17Nora Ephron Dead at 71
Posted: 6/27/12 at 10:13am
Missed that article yesterday, thanks for the link doodle!
"All I ask of you is one thing: please don't be cynical. I hate cynicism -- it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen."
Conan O'Brien
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