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Wednesday, 27 June 2012

Nora Ephron Dies, Fans and Celebrities Pay Tribute Online

1. @SarahKSilverman



Writer and filmmaker Nora Ephron died Tuesday night in Manhattan after a
battle with leukemia. Beloved by women and men alike for her smart wit and
romantic comedies including When Harry Met Sally and Sleepless in Seattle,
Ephron’s fans and media immediately took to the web to pay tribute and
remember her work and personality.
On Twitter, fans recited lines from favorite movies, with the iconic “I’ll
have what she’s having” scene fromWhen Harry Met Sally coming up again
 and again. Actors and other film and writing professionals tweeted about
fond memories of working with someone widely remembered as a kind soul
and inspiration to creative, ambitious women around the world.
While Ephron’s biggest hits, including the prescient You’ve Got Mail, may
have come in the late 1980s and early ’90s, she made another acclaimed
 film in 2009 with Julie & Julia.
But Ephron wasn’t just a filmmaker. Her New Yorker essays were also revered
by fans for their insight and humor.
While Ephron has passed, much of her work luckily lives on online. The New 
Yorker honored her death by posting an archive of her pieces for the magazine.
Classic clips from many of her greatest films live on onYouTube. And C-Span
 has a recording of her famous 1996 commencement speech at her alma mater,
Wellesley University.
“Nora Ephron always loved a good New York story, and she could tell them like
no one else,” New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg tweeted Tuesday night.
“NYC will miss her very much.”
Scroll through the gallery of tweets above to see how media and arts luminaries
 remembered Ephron, then leave your own memories in the comments.

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