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‘Top Chef Masters’ Naomi Pomeroy’s Body Recovered Nearly 4 Days After Accident

The ‘Top Chef Masters’ alum and award-winning chef died in a tubing accident on July 13 at the age of 49.

On Wednesday, the sheriff’s office released an update to announce that Pomeroy’s body had been located on the Willamette River, roughly a half-mile upstream of Hyak Park between Corvallis and Albany, Oregon. In a statement shared Tuesday by the Benton County Sheriff’s Office, it was reported that Pomeroy drowned Saturday evening in the river near Corvallis after the group she was tubing with got caught on an exposed snag in the water. The Oregon State Marine Board noted an “emerging trend” in recent years of people dying due to their stand-up paddleboard (SUP) leash getting tangled in brush or other debris in rivers.

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