| Nora Ephron, legendary writer and director, died at the age of 71 on Tuesday.
Like most, well, people on the planet Earth, we've always loved Ephron's films. (Who doesn't watch "Sleepless in Seattle" and "When Harry Met Sally" every time they're on TV?). She oversaw some key style moments: Meg Ryan's ridiculously influential shag, and Meryl Streep's transformation into Julia Child for "Julie & Julia."
New York City native Ephron was also style-conscious in that New York City way, opting for classic ensembles in shades of black and white. And then there was one signature piece she was rarely seen without.... BLOG POSTS  | Arianna Huffington: Heartbroken in Manhattan: Remembering Nora Ephron
Nora Ephron is gone -- and I can't believe it. Whenever I was around her through the years the air crackled with energy and ideas and one-liners -- and a sense of celebration. That's what makes this week's news so hard to take in. Nora was an integral part of the HuffPost family -- an investor, a supporter, and a constant sounding board months before we launched. Since then, she's been a contributing editor who more than lived up to her name -- regularly offering up notes, suggestions, and terrific ideas (our very popular Divorce section was one of them). Professionally, her legacy will be that of an exceptionally gifted and versatile artist who could do it all, and do it all incredibly well. Personally, she'll be cherished as a wife and mother, and a devoted, giving, treasured -- and irreplaceable -- friend. Indeed, she was as talented at friendship as she was at everything else she tried. |  | Marlo Thomas: Farewell, Nora
For Nora Ephron, life was something to celebrate. And explore. And bitch about. And then celebrate again. You didn't have to read all of her brilliant essays to immediately see that the woman had a titanium-strength point of view -- and she was achingly funny about it. |  | Lisa Mirza Grotts: And They're Off! Royal Ascot, 2012
Okay, so I'm a royalist. I admit it. Simply put, I love tradition, and nowhere else in the world can you find such pageantry and history and tradition as in London. |  | Meghan O'Keefe: Nora Ephron Gave Me My Dreams
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Here are five literary giants whose hearts were impaled by Cupid's arrow in the most brutal way. Rather than wallow in self-pity, these tortured scribes picked themselves up and stabbed Cupid right back -- with their pens. | | MOST POPULAR ON HUFFINGTONPOST.COM |
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