By Liz Raftery
Wednesday June 27, 2012 09:55 AM EDT
People.com
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20607376,00.html
A true trailblazer, Nora Ephron leaves behind a legacy of always knowing the right (and wittiest) thing to say. She was "an expert in all the departments of living well," according to Meryl Streep – one of many paying tribute to the late author-journalist-screenwriter-director, who died Tuesday at 71.
"You could call on her for anything: doctors, restaurants, recipes, speeches, or just a few jokes, and we all did it, constantly," Streep – who was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar for her role as Julia Child in Ephron's Julie & Julia (2009) – wrote in an email to The New York Times. "Nora just looked at every situation and cocked her head and thought, ‘Hmmmm, how can I make this more fun?'"
Streep wasn't the only celebrity to remember Ephron fondly.
The filmmaker's Sleepless in Seattle (1993) and You've Got Mail (1998) star, Tom Hanks, said he and wife Rita Wilson were devastated by her death.
"At a dinner table and on a film set she lifted us all with wisdom and wit mixed with love for us and love for life," Hanks said in a statement. "Rita and I are so very sad to lose our friend who brought so much joy to all who were lucky enough to know her."
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