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Carl Bernstein recalls post-divorce relationship with Nora Ephron

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June 27, 2012 at 5:53 p.m. EDT
Nora Ephron with Carl Bernstein, then her husband, in New York in 1978. (Richard Drew/Associated Press)

But that was all 30 years ago. What happened between them after that?

“We became ‘constructive’ divorced parents,” Bernstein, the former Washington Post reporter, told us in an email Wednesday. They shared custody of their two boys (one now a writer, the other a musician), consulted on “major parental decisions,” he said, “and shared immense pride” in their accomplishments.

And their relationship? Bernstein recalled it as “increasingly respectful” as it evolved over the years. Both remarried, and enjoyed “high regard for each other’s  spouses, and knowledge all around that we all got it right the next time around. She’s going to be missed by all of us.”

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