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June 26 marked the 10th anniversary of the death of Nora Ephron. As the New York Times described her in the headline to her obituary, she was a "writer and filmmaker with a genius for humor."
Back then, I anchored evening newscasts for WFOR/CBS4 in Miami, a CBS owned-and-operated station. In a rarity for broadcast news networks and stations, I was allowed to write and deliver short editorials, as long as I kept them unbiased, something I had also been allowed to do in my days as an anchor at WBBM/CBS2 in Chicago. Those editorials were among the early origins of what is now "A View from the Center."
A screenshot of a newscast I anchored along with my old friend Shannon Hori for Miami's WFOR/CBS4 on January 24, 2010. Shannon made sure we were always color-coordinated, quite a feat for yours truly because I am severely color-blind.
One thing I love about Facebook (full disclosure, "A View from the Center is part of Facebook/Meta's Bulletin project) is that it occasionally features posts from my past, often things I've forgotten. Today, Facebook popped up a short editorial I delivered on June 27, 2012, in which I honored Ephron and highlighted our very distant, but very personal connection, surrounding her semi-autobiographical book, "Heartburn." Here's what I wrote then:
"Journalist, novelist, playwright, screenwriter, director, producer, chef ... Nora Ephron was all of those and more.
She died yesterday in New York after a long battle with leukemia, but her words live on.
Ephron, who was nominated for an Oscar for "Silkwood," brought her love of food to life in "Julie and Julia" and revived romantic comedies with "Sleepless in Seattle," "You've Got Mail," and her greatest success, "When Harry Met Sally," which included one of the funniest scenes in movie history.
In her best-selling autobiographical novel, "Heartburn," she described the breakup of her marriage to Watergate's Carl Bernstein. Her career certainly surpassed his since then.
Ephron included recipes in "Heartburn." When reading the book, I realized that even I, a terrible cook, could make her key lime pie. I did, and I took one to a woman I'd just started seeing.
She later said it was the clincher for her. We got married a year later.
For that and all the laughs, thank you Nora Ephron."
I still make that key lime pie, which is ridiculously fattening. But it is the best I have ever had, through no fault of my own. If you want to give it a shot, here's a link to the recipe. If you gain weight, don't blame me. It's Nora's fault.
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Cover photo: Nora Ephron with Meryl Streep, who played a character based on Ephron, in the movie "Heartburn," which was based on the novel of the same name, written by Ephron. (Getty Images)