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Officials with the New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner on Thursday confirmed that Food Network star Anne Burrell took her own life last month, according to multiple media reports. The beloved 55-year-old celebrity chef, host of the network’s “Worst Cooks in America,” was found on June 17 in her shower, unresponsive with an assortment of approximately 100 pills surrounding her, PEOPLE reported. ... According to the Chief Medical Examiner’s report, her death was caused by “acute intoxication due to the combined effects of diphenhydramine, ethanol, cetirizine, and amphetamine.” Both cetirizine and diphenhydramine are antihistamines. Amphetamines are often used...

Celebrity chef Anne Burrell passed away suddenly at 55 in her Brooklyn home last month. The sudden death of the Food Network’s star stunned friends, co-workers and fans. Burrell found love later in life and recently got married. She appeared to be in “high spirits” according to close friends. However, according to a fellow celebrity chef, Anne Burrell also privately struggled. On Thursday, it was revealed Anne Burrell committed suicide. “The NYC Office of Chief Medical Examiner says the official manner of death was suicide and the cause of death was “acute intoxication due to the combined effects of diphenhydramine,...