Julie Powell, Food Writer of ‘Julie & Julia,’ Dies at 49

Julie Powell, Food Writer of ‘Julie & Julia,’ Dies at 49
Author Julie Powell attends the premiere of "Julie & Julia" at The Ziegfeld Theatre, in New York on July 30, 2009. Peter Kramer/AP Photo
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NEW YORK—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,” leading to a book deal and a film adaptation, has died. She was 49.

Powell died of cardiac arrest on Oct. 26 at her home in upstate New York, The New York Times reported. Her death was confirmed by Judy Clain, Powell’s email and editor in chief of Little, Brown.