Tweet Nora Ephron passed away

News came from George Stevens, Jr. during a radio interview an hour ago. Wake is tomorrow.

Not sure how relevant she is to this forum, but she did use old movies as inspiration.

Very sorry to hear that, had a fun phone interview with her once, and somewhere I have a thank you note from her after I sent her a T-shirt from a local production of How to Eat Like a Child, a musical based on the book she wrote with her sister.

There seems to be some question about this, although people are being strangely coy.
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Yes, weirdly coy.

We were told the wake is tomorrow and that they've chosen the pallbearers.

Sorry if I've made this part of some ugly gossip item.

It seems to have been a premature report - latest news say she's gravely ill with leukemia and may not have much time left:

http://abcnews.go.com/US/writer-director-nora-ephron-gravely-ill-friends/story?id=16656087#.T-pDEJsXUkI

They were editing back and forth all day on Wikipedia on whether she passed away or not. Also radio spots have been mentioning it. But I believe she has passed away. RIP NoraEphron 1941-2012

I've now seen it confirmed across multiple sources, some of which cite both her son and her publisher. She had a real gift for the sort of clever dialogue you see in films of the 30s and 40s. If you see that at all today, it's in a way that spends more time being proud of how clever it is and none on genuine heart. She was able to maintain that balance much better.

Her parents, Phoebe and Henry Ephron, were also very interesting people - a kind of screenwriting Nick and Nora; although that very much glosses over the problems they had, both with alcohol and with each other. It must have been some childhood.