Writer-filmmaker Nora Ephron dies at 71

While traveling in a remote part of western Nebraska — away from the news media except for little local papers — I saw a friend's e-mail suddenly change from its harmless subject to the appended line, “Sad about Nora Ephron.” One of those momentsThe author and screenwriter, who died Tuesday at 71, produced more than her share of memorable lines.This Is My Life” is the movie that made me want to make movies. I first saw it in second grade, so I wouldn't have articulated it as

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