One of my favorite chefs, Charlie Trotter, died today.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/allenstjohn/2013/11/05/remembering-charlie-trotter-dead-at-54-and-my-best-meal-ever/
As soon as I read it on Twitter, I just knew it was a brain aneurysm. It happened at home, in the mid-morning. I had no hard info, just a hunch. I shared my suspicion with a friend, and she thought I was jumping to conclusions.
Sure enough, late tonight, an article came out that indicates he had an inoperable brain aneurysm. So terribly sad.:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-charlie-trotter-dead-20131105,0,2001797,full.story
Chef Mario Batali also had brain aneurysm surgery. You can read about it on page 5 of this newsletter:
http://www.bafound.org/sites/default/files/newsletter-spring08_1.pdf