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Sarah Harvey

Julie Powell: Food blogger who inspired hit film Julie & Julia dies aged 49

Food writer Julie Powell, who became an internet darling after blogging for a year about making every recipe in Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking, has died aged 49.

Powell died of cardiac arrest on October 26 at her home in upstate New York, The New York Times reported. Her death was confirmed by Judy Clain, Powell's editor at book publisher Little, Brown.

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