• Nora Ephron, Essayist, Screenwriter and Director, Dies at 71 
Charles McGrath, New York Times In the late 1960s Ms. Ephron turned to magazine journalism, at Esquire and New York mostly. She quickly made a name for herself by writing frank, funny personal essays — about the smallness of her breasts, for example — and tart, sharply observed profiles of people like Ayn Rand, Helen Gurley Brown and the composer and best-selling poet Rod McKuen.   Published: 2012-06-26