Joan Didion, 'New Journalist' Who Explored Culture and Chaos, Dies
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Joan Didion: Let me tell you, she was gold
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Joan Didion, 'New Journalist' Who Explored Culture and Chaos, Dies at 87 - The New York Times
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Writer Joan Didion Dead At 87
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Joan Didion, peerless prose stylist, dies at 87
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Steve Wasserman: Remembering Joan Didion, a 'Singular' California Writer and a 'Helluva Lot of Fun' – ScheerPost
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Joan Didion, 'New Journalist' Who Explored Culture and Chaos, Dies at 87 - The New York Times
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Joan Didion, revered author and essayist, dies at 87
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Joan Didion, peerless prose stylist, dies at 87
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Joan Didion, 'New Journalist' Who Explored Culture and Chaos, Dies at 87 - The New York Times
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Joan Didion Dies: Journalist, Novelist, and Screenwriter Was 87 – IndieWire
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The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
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US author Joan Didion dies at 87 from Parkinson's complications - NZ Herald
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Joan Didion, peerless prose stylist, icon of US literature, dies at 87
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Joan Didion, masterly prose stylist and trenchant chronicler of 1960s, dies at 87