• Julie Powell, the author known for recreating Julia Child’s recipes, has died at 49. 
• Her husband told the New York Times that her cause of death was cardiac arrest. 
• Powell’s journey was made into a movie, starring Meryl Streep at Child and Amy Adams as Powell. 

Julie Powell, the “Julie & Julia” author known for recreating all of Julia Child’s recipes, has died. 

She was 49 years old. 

Powell died from cardiac arrest, her husband, Eric Powell, confirmed to the New York Times. 

Powell rose to fame after starting her food blog, the Julie/Julia Project, which chronicled her journey making every one of Child’s recipes in her “Mastering the Art of French Cooking” cookbook.

The blog was made into a book — “Julie & Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously” — and later a major motion picture starring Meryl Streep as Child and Amy Adams as Powell.  

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