The legendary Hollywood screenwriter and director
Nora Ephron has died at the age of 71!
She had been secretly battling with acute myeloid
leukemia and passed away following a bout of pneumonia.
Her death stunned Hollywood, and several of her former
leading stars have spoken out to pay their respects to Ephron.
Away from her love for film, she majored in
Political Science at Wellesley College in Massachusetts and briefly worked as
an intern in White House during President John.F Kennedy’s term in the early
1960’s. She also served as a reporter in the New York Post and wrote for
publications including The New York Times Magazine and Esquire.
She wrote the BAFTA-winning Screenplay When Harry
Met Sally, which became a hit film starring Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal. The
film earned Ephron Academy Award and Writers Guild of America nominations
amongst other awards.
Ephron Film projects in more recent years have
included 2005’s Bewitched and Julie & Julia in 2009.
Hollywood icons Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Billy
Crystal and Nicole Kidman are among the stars who have paid tribute to Nora
Ephron following her death on Tuesday.
She is survived by her third husband, Nicholas
Pileggi, who she married in 1987, and sons Jacob and Max.
That's quite sad! Altho she lived a successful life! R.I.P Nora! Sun re!
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