Famed director, author, and screenwriter Nora Ephron
has died of leukemia at the age of 71.
The three-time Academy Award nominee was a prolific author, screenwriter, playwright and director who made a name for herself as a pioneer in Hollywood, where she was one of the first women to write and direct her own films. She contributed essays and journalism to outlets including the New York Times and the Huffington Post, for which she last wrote a story in June 2011. She had most recently written the play "Lucky Guy," a drama based on the life of Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Mike McAlary, which was expected to open on Broadway in 2013 with Tom Hanks in the starring role. Ephron's marked film career was known for her charming romantic-comedies that often starred such silver screen icons as Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, and Meg Ryan, with whom she worked multiple times throughout her career.
Ephron got her screenwriting Oscar nominations for
Silkwood,
When Harry Met Sally, and
Sleepless In Seattle.
Labels: cancer, Hollywood, obituary, writers
Famed director, author, and screenwriter Nora Ephron has died of leukemia at the age of 71. 
