#RIP #OTD in 1967 actress (The Young Girls of Rochefort, That Man from Rio, The Soft Skin, Cul-de-sac, Where the Spies Are) sister of Catherine Deneuve, Françoise Dorléac died in a traffic accident in Villeneuve-Loubet, France aged 25. Cimetière Seineport, Seine-Port, France
On this day in 1993, Hall of Fame
baseball player, 8x All-Star, World Series Champion, 3x NL MVP, Campy, Roy Campanella died of a heart attack in his Woodland Hills, California home at the age of 71. Born on 19 November 1921 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In my opinion, he is one of the greatest catchers in the history of the game. His father was a Sicilian immigrant and his mother was African American, so he wasd barred from Major League Baseball before 1947. His career was cut short in 1958 when he was paralyzed in an automobile accident. On 4 June 1972, the Dodgers retired Campanella’s uniform number 39 alongside Jackie Robinson’s 42 and Sandy Koufax’s 32. Campanella was married three times; Bernice Ray (1939 divorce), Ruthe Willis (1945-1963 her death) and Roxie Doles (1964-1993 his death). Campanella authored the inspirational book It’s Good to Be Alive.
The Final Footprint – Campanella was cremated. Simon & Schuster published a biography of Campanella written by Neil Lanctot, Campy – The Two Lives of Roy Campanella (2011).
#RIP #OTD in 2007 fashion designer, businesswoman, co-founder of Liz Claiborne Inc., first woman to become chair and CEO of a Fortune 500 company, Liz Claiborne died of cancer of the lining of the abdomen aged 78. Triple 8 Ranch Grounds, Helena, Montana
On this day in 2012, journalist, writer, and filmmaker Nora Ephron died from complications of acute myeloid leukemia in New York City at the age of 71. Born on May 19, 1941 in New York City. Perhaps best known for her romantic comedy films. Ephron was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Writing: for Silkwood (1983), When Harry Met Sally… (1989), and Sleepless in Seattle (1993). She won a BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay for When Harry Met Sally…. She often co-wrote scripts with her sister Delia Ephron. Her last film was Julie & Julia (2009). Her first produced play, Imaginary Friends (2002), was honored as one of the ten best plays of the 2002–03 New York theatre season. She also co-authored the Drama Desk Award–winning theatrical production Love, Loss, and What I Wore. In 2013, Ephron received a posthumous Tony Award nomination for Best Play for Lucky Guy.
Ephron was married three times. Her first marriage, to writer Dan Greenburg, ended in divorce after nine years. In 1976, she married journalist Carl Bernstein. In 1979, Ephron had a toddler son, Jacob, and was pregnant with her second son Max when she discovered Bernstein’s affair with their mutual friend, married British journalist Margaret Jay. Ephron was inspired by this to write the 1983 novel Heartburn, which was then made into a 1986 Mike Nichols film starring Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep. In the book, Ephron wrote of a husband named Mark, who was “capable of having sex with a Venetian blind.”
Ephron was married for more than 20 years to screenwriter Nicholas Pileggi until her death.
The Final Footprint
Her memorial service at Alice Tully Hall in New York City was attended by Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, Rob Reiner, Barbara Walters, Diane Sawyer, Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Alan Alda, Steve Martin, Martin Short, Lorne Michaels, Larry David, Joy Behar, Rosie O’Donnell, Annette Bening, Matthew Broderick, Nicole Kidman, Michael Bloomberg, and Ron Howard, among others.
Lena Dunham’s 2014 memoir Not That Kind of Girl is dedicated to Ephron, as is Steven Spielberg’s film The Post (2017).
Ephron’s body was cremated, and her cremated remains were scattered.
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