There's no escaping the reality that one day we're all going to meet our makers, except for maybe Betty White. She's going to live forever (NOTE TO SELF: Go back and edit this if something bad happens to Betty White). Most of us are not Betty White though, which is why we should all live our lives to the best of our abilities and do exactly what our hearts desire before that day comes.
In the past few years no one has seemed more susceptible to death than celebrities. That's because EVERYONE knows celebrities. How many people know your Aunt Gertrude? When a celebrity dies, it shakes the whole world to its core. Yeah, this might be a dark topic to address but it's just the truth.
Even though celebrities appears to be larger than life, and totally untouchable, they can still fall to the many different ways that death can take you; murder, addiction, old age, disease, and whatever other horrible thing you can think of. With that said, check out these fifty celebrities that came very close to death but are still with us today.
Chefs made their way into celebrity land a while ago. But how many celebrities that weren’t trained as professional cooks are actually whizzes in the kitchen? Here are several that come to mind.
Actress Julia Roberts is confident about her cooking skills. “I’m quite a good cook,” she told E! News. “I’m like a closet home ec teacher…I can really cook anything.” Roberts has said she often cooks fish for herself and her kids. And speaking of her three children, “They think that I’m a good cook,” Roberts told People. “They actually told me that I should open a restaurant.” She also relishes cooking for the holidays, particularly shredded Brussel sprouts. Roberts hasn’t published a cookbook, but we did find recipes attributed to her for peach crisp and banana hemp muffins. Or you can make the same summer salad the actress supposedly eats.
Chrissy Teigen started off as a supermodel. Then her love of cooking filtered into her professional life too. At this point, she’s created recipes for a limited Blue Apron release and also just launched her own home and cooking line at Target named “Cravings,” after the two cookbooks she’s released. Teigen describes cooking as “a time of peace” for herself. So maybe peace out to her tuna melt sandwich or the fried chicken wings that are a favorite of her husband, John Legend.
Lady Gaga, whose real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, comes from a cooking Italian family. Her father started his own restaurant in New York and also published a cookbook. And apparently, Lady Gaga has inherited the family’s cooking genes. Her Instagram account occasionally features photos of her culinary activities. Sure, sometimes it’s topless cooking. But other times it’s more poignant like in the post she shared about her bringing food to the family of her dear friend who passed away. Want to try a Gaga/Germanotta family favorite? Check out her recipe for whole wheat pasta with a sweet fennel sauce.