Nora Ephron, writer-filmmaker, dies at 71
NEW YORK — Among the injustices about the death of Nora Ephron is that she isn't around to tell us about it.
You've been living by Nora Ephon's style mantras for years — you just didn't know it. The journalist, author and screenwriter was witty as all get-out when it came to matters of fashion, distilling the keenest sartorial wisdom into
The writer-director Nora Ephron, who died Tuesday at 71 from complications of leukemia, is already being lauded as a glorious throwback to many traditions, as Globe movie critic Ty Burr says in this appreciation of the writer.
Between recipes for "The Breakfast Pancake Thing You Make in the Oven," and "Cornbread Pudding Made of Horrible Ingredients," the late author doles out pearls of entertaining wisdom and salvos.
