NEWS · B2 Level - Part 5

Anne Burrell Found Dead in Her Brooklyn Penthouse

Big reaction to the sudden and unexpected death of one of the Food Network's biggest personalities, Anne Burrell.

Level: B2 · 24 sentences

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  1. Big reaction to the sudden and unexpected death of one of the Food Network's biggest personalities, Anne Burrell.
  2. She was found unresponsive on the floor of a Brooklyn home at just 55 years old.
  3. We won't have an official cause of death until the autopsy, but the 911 caller did say Burrell was in cardiac arrest.
  4. So was it a heart attack?
  5. Here's Stephen Fabian.
  6. We are learning more about the final days of Food Network star Anne Burrell,
  7. after her shocking death at age 55.
  8. Burrell was said to be in great spirits the night before she was found dead in her seventh floor penthouse in Brooklyn.
  9. The TV chef famous for her spiky platinum hair was trying her hand at something she'd never done: improv comedy.
  10. "I know I have been kind of quiet of late, but I am taking improv for actors at Second City, NYC."
  11. "Can I just say, it is so much fun and I'm learning so, so much."
  12. Burrell performed with her improv class Monday night.
  13. Just hours after the show, paramedics were called here to Burrell's Brooklyn home at 7:50 in the morning.
  14. Initial reports say Anne Burrell suffered from a cardiac arrest.
  15. She was declared dead at the scene.
  16. Burrell was a popular host of the Food Network's worst cooks in America for seven seasons.
  17. Her fans noticed her absence from the current season, wondering on social media what had happened to her.
  18. "Honestly, I don't know.", she responded when another fan said they hoped Burrell would come back.
  19. Burrell wrote, "I will so try."
  20. Burrell was married and had one stepson.
  21. In 2023, she gave a tour of her home...
  22. Burrell has also appeared on Inside Edition.
  23. Here, she gives Miss Universe a cooking lesson at Super Bowl 2016.
  24. In a statement, her family said Burrell's smile lit up every room she entered, she will be missed.