‘Top Chef’ TV Personality Dies ‘Unexpectedly’ After Heart Attack at 46

‘Top Chef’ TV Personality Dies ‘Unexpectedly’ After Heart Attack at 46
Howard Kleinbergl at Eden Roc Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida, on Feb. 22, 2014. Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Food Network SoBe Wine & Food Festival
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Howard “Howie” Kleinberg, a personality on Bravo TV’s “Top Chef” series, has died after suffering from a heart attack. He was 46.

His mother, Susan, confirmed his death to the Miami Herald newspaper that he died over the weekend. The obituary for Kleinberg said he had passed away “unexpectedly” on July 22.
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