Nora Ephron, the journalist-turned-successful Hollywood screenwriter/director, is dead, the Associated Press confirms. She was 71. The Washington Post was the first to report Ephron's death following some confusion this afternoon about the status of her health.


She died of complications from the blood disorder myelodysplasia, according to the Post.



Born in New York and raised in Beverly Hills, Ephron was the eldest daughter of two Hollywood screenwriters; two of her sisters also are screenwriters, and a third is journalist and author.










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