Anne Burrell may have suffered cardiac arrest prior to her death, a spokesperson for the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) told Newsweek on Thursday. The Food Network icon died on Tuesday at the age of 55 at her home in Brooklyn, New York.

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The New York City Police Department is investigating Burrell's death "as a possible drug overdose, according to an internal document," the Times wrote. That document says Burrell was “discovered in the shower unconscious and unresponsive surrounded by approximately (100) assorted pills," the Times wrote.