Joan Didion, writer, dies at 87 of Parkinson's disease
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Joan Didion, revered author and essayist, dies at 87
Joan Didion, author and essayist, dies at 87 - The Globe and Mail
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Joan Didion, American journalist and author, dies at age 87 - Times of India
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Joan Didion Dies at 87
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She told stories in order to live: The legacy of Joan Didion
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American Writer Joan Didion Dies At Age 87
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Joan Didion, revered author and essayist, dies at 87
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Writer Joan Didion, chronicler of contemporary American society, dies at 87
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Writer Joan Didion, whose 'electric anxiety' inspired a generation, has died at 87
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Steve Wasserman remembers Joan Didion: “She was always the consummate spectator, refusing to taint her stories with any personal intervention.”
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Joan Didion, provocative author and essayist, dies at…
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Joan Didion, peerless prose stylist, dies at 87
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Joan Didion, peerless prose stylist, dies at 87