Legendary Hollywood writer Nora Ephron dead at 71
Posted June 26, 2012 9:33 pm.
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Legendary Hollywood writer Nora Ephron has died at the age of 71.
Ephron was the Oscar-nominated filmmaker and director behind such hits as “When Harry Met Sally” and “Sleepless in Seattle.”
Her book publisher Alfred A. Knopf confirmed her death in a statement, Tuesday evening.
On Thursday evening, a representative for Ephron’s publisher announced that she was very ill.
Nicholas Latimer of Alfred A. Knopf confirmed her fading health on Tuesday, hours after celebrity columnist and friend Liz Smith published what appeared to be a memorial for the writer.
Smith told The Associated Press that she had spoken to Ephron’s son Tuesday morning and was told that Ephron was dying. She said when she heard that funeral plans had already been arranged, she published the column on the website Women on the Web.
There has been no word on her cause of death although there had been rumours that she had been suffering from cancer.
Ephron is best known for writing books like “Heartburn” and “Crazy Salad” and for the movies “When Harry Met Sally,” ”Sleepless in Seattle“ and most recently ”Julie & Julia.“
