Liz Smith Published Her Nora Ephron Obit Before Nora Ephron Was Dead [Nora Ephron]

Liz Smith Published Her Nora Ephron Obit Before Nora Ephron Was Dead [Nora Ephron]:

News of Nora Ephron's death late last night, of complications arising from leukemia, came to be public in a most curious way. The story was broken Tuesday afternoon by the gossip writer Liz Smith on the Web site wowOwow. Smith, a longtime friend of Ephron, hadn't gotten the family's permission to write about her passing, and in fact her post went live hours before Ephron had actually died. As Ephron was on her deathbed, reporters scrambled to contact her loved ones and representatives to confirm or correct Smith's account. More »