Naomi Pomeroy, star of "Top Chef Masters" and award-winning chef, dies in river tubing accident in Oregon
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Naomi Pomeroy, an award-winning chef who helped put Portland on the map as a culinary destination and starred on "Top Chef Masters," has drowned in an inner tubing accident, authorities said. She was 49 years old.
Pomeroy drowned Saturday evening in the Willamette River near Corvallis after the group she was tubing with got caught on an exposed snag in the water, the Benton County Sheriff's Office said in a statement. Pomeroy was pulled under the water and trapped by a paddle board leash attached to her, Captain Chris Duffitt said. The group had tied their inner tubes and paddle board together.
Authorities said they safely recovered the other two people on the shore and transported them to a boat launch.
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