# Food Network celebrity chef Anne Burrell dead at 55

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-network-celebrity-chef-anne-burrell-dead-at-55/1019781>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** food-cooking\
**Created:** [June 17, 2025, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-network-celebrity-chef-anne-burrell-dead-at-55/1019781 "2025-06-17T21:58:22Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-network-celebrity-chef-anne-burrell-dead-at-55/1019781/21 "2025-07-24T18:27:45Z")

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> [@romansperson](#):
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> So sad. ☹ Say hi to Tony for us, Anne.

Is this a reference to Dante’s 7th Circle/2nd Ring of Hell?

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**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-network-celebrity-chef-anne-burrell-dead-at-55/1019781/22 "2025-07-24T18:31:32Z")

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No, it is not.

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**Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-network-celebrity-chef-anne-burrell-dead-at-55/1019781/23 "2025-07-24T19:05:39Z")

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When the reports came out that she was surrounded by pills, I was expecting that it was suicide.

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**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-network-celebrity-chef-anne-burrell-dead-at-55/1019781/24 "2025-07-24T22:10:04Z")

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Well shit. That’s two well loved chefs who couldn’t live with … something in their lives or themselves.  
What a terrible thing 😢

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