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RIP, Kobe Bryant

January 26, 2020 by WendyB

After the death of my friend Elizabeth Wurtzel earlier this month, I spent a lot of time thinking about how complicated people leave complex legacies. I returned to that line of thought today, as the country reacted in shock to the death of basketball legend Kobe Bryant, 41, in a helicopter crash that killed a…

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Filed Under: In the News, news, obits, sports Tagged With: elizabeth wurtzel, kobe bryant

RIP, Elizabeth Wurtzel

January 8, 2020 by WendyB

RIP, Elizabeth Wurtzel

Writer Elizabeth Wurtzel died yesterday at age 52 of leptomeningeal disease — a complication of metastatic breast cancer that had spread to the fluid around the brain and spinal cord. I met Elizabeth on Wednesday, May 27, 2009. I know the exact date because we were at a black-tie dinner at the Metropolitan Museum of…

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Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, authors, books, In the News, obits Tagged With: bitch, depression, elizabeth wurtzel, lizzie wurtzel, more now again, prozac, prozac nation

I Am Amused

August 3, 2010 by WendyB

I Am Amused

Here are a few things I’ve heard recently from friends and one brand-new acquaintance that made me laugh. “Don’t sign too many autographs, Paul. It cheapens them.” — said to MrB by our handsome friend Barney. “I’m going to retweet the hell out of this!” — comedian Baratunde Thurston. “I got this dress at a…

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Filed Under: gorgeous friends, insanity, truth-justice-and-the-american-way Tagged With: elizabeth wurtzel

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