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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Bevan Hurley

Julie Powell death: ‘Julie and Julia’ food writer dies of cardiac arrest aged 49

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Food writer Julie Powell, who rose to fame while trying to emulate the culinary feats of Julia Child, has died at the age of 49.

Ms Powell died from a cardiac arrest at her home in Olivebridge, upstate New York, on 26 October, her widow Eric Powell toldthe New York Times.

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