Beloved TV chef dead at just 49 after horrific boating accident
ok.co.ukTV chef and Top Chef Masters star Naomi Pomeroy has died at the age of 49. It's being reported that the cookbook author lost her life following a river accident with her family.The TV personality, who took part in the hit Bravo competition, is understood to have been inner tubing with her husband, Kyle Linden Webster, and an unnamed friend in Oregon over the weekend when the fatal incident occurred.
It's reported that the chef was tied to her husband and friend while they were tubing when all three of them struck a tree in the water and Naomi was thrown underwater.
Multiple outlets report their flotilla flipped over in ‘murky, fast-moving’ currents on the Willamette River. Her husband and their friend are reported to be alive after resurfacing from the water.Tragically, the Benton County Sheriff's Office confirmed her body was recovered from the water close to Corvallis around 8:25 pm Saturday.
KEZI9 News reports that the TV personality was not wearing a lifejacket at the time of the accident. Authorities confirmed that a strong undercurrent had made it challenging to recover her body.
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