The_AT0 renowned_AJ0 author_NN1 ,_PUN who_PNQ changed_VVD the_AT0 game_NN1 for_PRP American_AJ0 literature_NN1 ,_PUN died_VVN from_PRP Parkinson’s_NP0 disease_NN1 at_PRP her_DPS Manhattan_NP0 home_NN1 ._SENT 
Joan_NP0 Didion_NP0 ,_PUN the_AT0 groundbreaking_AJ0 journalist_NN1 ,_PUN memoirist_NN1 ,_PUN novelist_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC screenwriter_NN1 ,_PUN died_VVN on_PRP Thursday_NP0 at_PRP her_DPS home_NN1 in_PRP Manhattan_NP0 ._SENT She_PNP was_VBD 87._CRD 
Her_DPS death_NN1 was_VBD confirmed_VVN by_PRP the_AT0 New_AJ0 York_NP0 Times_NN2 ,_PUN which_DTQ reported_VVD that_CJT according_VVG to_PRP Paul_NP0 Bogaards_NP0 ,_PUN an_AT0 executive_NN1 at_PRP Didion_NP0 's_POS publisher_NN1 Knopf_NP0 ,_PUN the_AT0 author_NN1 died_VVD from_PRP Parkinson_NP0 's_POS disease_NN1 ._SENT 
Knopf_NP0 also_AV0 put_VVD out_AVP a_AT0 statement_NN1 on_PRP Instagram_NN1 ,_PUN sharing_VVG a_AT0 popular_AJ0 quote_NN1 from_PRP the_AT0 author_NN1 's_POS well-known_AJ0 Year_NN1 of_PRF Magical_AJ0 Thinking_NN1 that_CJT read_VVD ,_PUN "_PUQ We_PNP are_VBB not_XX0 idealized_AJ0 wild_AJ0 things_NN2 ._SENT We_PNP are_VBB imperfect_AJ0 mortal_AJ0 beings_NN2 ,_PUN aware_AJ0 of_PRF that_DT0 mortality_NN1 even_AV0 as_CJS we_PNP push_VVB it_PNP away_AV0 ,_PUN failed_VVN by_PRP our_DPS very_AJ0 complication_NN1 ,_PUN so_AV0 wired_VVN that_CJT when_CJS we_PNP mourn_VVB our_DPS losses_NN2 we_PNP also_AV0 mourn_VVB ,_PUN for_PRP better_AV0 or_CJC for_PRP worse_AJC ,_PUN ourselves_PNX ._SENT As_CJS we_PNP were_VBD ._SENT As_CJS we_PNP are_VBB no_AV0 longer_AV0 ._SENT As_CJS we_PNP will_VM0 one_CRD day_NN1 not_XX0 be_VBI at_PRP all_DT0 ._SENT "_PUQ 
Following_AJ0 news_NN1 of_PRF her_DPS death_NN1 ,_PUN the_AT0 literary_AJ0 world_NN1 reacted_VVN to_PRP the_AT0 passing_NN1 of_PRF a_AT0 cultural_AJ0 titan_NN1 ._SENT 
"_PUQ I_PNP 've_VHB loved_VVN feared_VVN the_AT0 day_NN1 Didion_NP0 died_VVD ..._PUN we_PNP are_VBB in_AVP for_PRP some_DT0 truly_AV0 terrible_AJ0 person_NN1 essays_NN2 ,_PUN "_PUQ tweeted_AJ0 author_NN1 Rumaan_NP0 Alam_NP0 ._SENT 
"_PUQ YEAR_NN1 OF_PRF MAGICAL_AJ0 THINKING_NN1 was_VBD the_AT0 first_ORD book_NN1 I_PNP can_VM0 recall_VVI picking_VVG up_AVP to_TO0 read_VVI with_PRP the_AT0 intention_NN1 of_PRF trying_VVG to_TO0 understand_VVI grief_NN1 ,_PUN "_PUQ tweeted_AJ0 How_AVQ We_PNP Fight_VVB For_PRP Our_DPS Lives_NN2 author_NN1 Saeed_NP0 Jones_NP0 ._SENT "_PUQ It_PNP was_VBD so_AV0 foreign_AJ0 to_PRP me_PNP then_AV0 ;_PUN it_PNP felt_VVD like_PRP Joan_NP0 Didion_NP0 (_PUL also_AV0 foreign_AJ0 to_PRP me_PNP then_AV0 )_PUR was_VBD explaining_VVG that_CJT my_DPS life_NN1 bordered_VVD a_AT0 country_NN1 I_PNP had_VHD n't_XX0 realized_VVN existed_VVD ._SENT "_PUQ 
Born_VVN in_PRP 1934_CRD ,_PUN it_PNP 's_VBZ hard_AJ0 to_TO0 pinpoint_VVI which_DTQ genre_NN1 most_AV0 defined_VVN Didion_NP0 –_PUN or_CJC which_DTQ genre_NN1 Didion_NP0 did_VDD most_DT0 to_TO0 define_VVI —_PUN but_CJC she_PNP made_VVD her_DPS earliest_AJS mark_NN1 as_PRP a_AT0 young_AJ0 reporter_NN1 ._SENT She_PNP graduated_VVD from_PRP Berkeley_NP0 in_PRP 1956_CRD ,_PUN where_AVQ she_PNP won_VVD an_AT0 essay_NN1 contest_NN1 that_CJT secured_VVD her_PNP a_AT0 job_NN1 at_PRP Vogue_NN1 ._SENT There_AV0 ,_PUN in_PRP her_DPS twenties_CRD ,_PUN she_PNP edited_VVD features_NN2 while_CJS writing_VVG long-form_AJ0 columns_NN2 ,_PUN such_DT0 as_PRP "_PUQ On_PRP Self-Respect_NN1 ,_PUN "_PUQ which_DTQ has_VHZ since_AV0 been_VBN widely_AV0 quoted_VVN ._SENT In_PRP 1968_CRD ,_PUN she_PNP published_VVD perhaps_AV0 her_DPS most_DT0 cited_AJ0 book_NN1 ,_PUN Slouching_VVG Toward_PRP Bethlehem_NP0 ,_PUN a_AT0 collection_NN1 of_PRF magazine_NN1 pieces_NN2 ._SENT Slouching_VVG Toward_PRP Bethlehem_NP0 explored_VVD Didion_NP0 's_POS home_NN1 state_NN1 of_PRF California_NP0 and_CJC became_VVD a_AT0 touchstone_NN1 of_PRF New_AJ0 Journalism_NN1 ,_PUN an_AT0 emerging_AJ0 form_NN1 that_CJT combined_AJ0 reporting_NN1 ,_PUN narrative_AJ0 voice_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC literary_AJ0 devices_NN2 ._SENT 
Didion_NP0 published_VVD her_DPS first_ORD novel_NN1 ,_PUN Run_VVB ,_PUN River_NP0 ,_PUN in_PRP 1963_CRD ,_PUN to_PRP lukewarm_AJ0 reviews_NN2 ,_PUN but_CJC she_PNP won_VVD later_AJC acclaim_NN1 with_PRP novels_NN2 A_AT0 Book_NN1 of_PRF Common_AJ0 Prayer_NN1 and_CJC Play_VVB It_PNP as_CJS It_PNP Lays_VVZ ,_PUN which_DTQ she_PNP herself_PNX adapted_VVN into_PRP a_AT0 screenplay_NN1 ._SENT As_CJS with_PRP her_DPS journalism_NN1 ,_PUN Didion_NP0 's_POS fiction_NN1 was_VBD notable_AJ0 for_PRP its_DPS spare_AJ0 ,_PUN muscular_AJ0 prose_NN1 —_PUN Didion_NP0 pointed_VVD to_PRP Ernest_NP0 Hemingway_NP0 as_PRP inspiration_NN1 –_PUN and_CJC a_AT0 stark_AJ0 sense_NN1 of_PRF dread_NN1 that_CJT permeated_VVD her_DPS work_NN1 ._SENT 
During_PRP her_DPS Vogue_NN1 years_NN2 ,_PUN Didion_NP0 met_VVD Time_NN1 writer_NN1 John_NP0 Gregory_NP0 Dunne_NP0 ._SENT They_PNP married_VVD in_PRP 1965._CRD Together_AV0 ,_PUN they_PNP became_VVD a_AT0 true_AJ0 literary_AJ0 power_NN1 couple_NN1 ,_PUN keeping_VVG homes_NN2 in_PRP Manhattan_NP0 and_CJC Hollywood_NP0 ._SENT They_PNP collaborated_VVD on_PRP screenplays_NN2 The_AT0 Panic_NN1 in_PRP Needle_NN1 Park_NN1 ,_PUN A_AT0 Star_NN1 Is_VBZ Born_VVN ,_PUN True_AJ0 Confessions_NN2 ,_PUN and_CJC Up_PRP Close_AJ0 &_NN1 Personal_AJ0 ._SENT 
After_PRP nearly_AV0 40_CRD years_NN2 of_PRF marriage_NN1 ,_PUN Dunne_NP0 died_VVD of_PRF cardiac_AJ0 arrest_NN1 on_PRP Dec._NP0 30_CRD ,_PUN 2003._CRD Just_AV0 five_CRD days_NN2 earlier_AV0 ,_PUN their_DPS only_AJ0 daughter_NN1 ,_PUN Quintana_NP0 Roo_NP0 ,_PUN had_VHD fallen_VVN into_PRP a_AT0 coma_NN1 after_PRP complications_NN2 of_PRF pneumonia_NN1 ._SENT Didion_NP0 chronicled_VVD her_DPS grief_NN1 in_PRP the_AT0 wake_NN1 of_PRF Dunne_NP0 's_POS death_NN1 and_CJC her_DPS experiences_NN2 caring_VVG for_PRP Quintana_NP0 in_PRP her_DPS 2005_CRD memoir_NN1 ,_PUN A_AT0 Year_NN1 of_PRF Magical_AJ0 Thinking_NN1 ,_PUN which_DTQ won_VVD the_AT0 National_AJ0 Book_NN1 Award_NN1 For_PRP Nonfiction_NN1 and_CJC was_VBD adapted_VVN by_PRP Didion_NP0 into_PRP a_AT0 Broadway_NN1 play_NN1 starring_VVG Vanessa_NP0 Redgrave_NP0 ._SENT 
Quintana_NP0 regained_VVD consciousness_NN1 weeks_NN2 after_PRP her_DPS father_NN1 's_POS death_NN1 but_CJC battled_VVD other_AJ0 health_NN1 problems_NN2 until_PRP her_DPS death_NN1 on_PRP Aug._NP0 26_CRD ,_PUN 2005_CRD ,_PUN shortly_AV0 before_CJS the_AT0 publication_NN1 of_PRF The_AT0 Year_NN1 of_PRF Magical_AJ0 Thinking_NN1 ._SENT Instead_AV0 of_PRF changing_VVG the_AT0 manuscript_NN1 to_TO0 include_VVI the_AT0 tragic_AJ0 developments_NN2 ,_PUN Didion_NP0 reflected_VVD on_PRP aging_NN1 ,_PUN loss_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC her_DPS complicated_AJ0 relationship_NN1 with_PRP her_DPS daughter_NN1 in_PRP her_DPS 2011_CRD memoir_NN1 ,_PUN Blue_AJ0 Nights_NN2 ._SENT 
