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  • ‘Black Hairy Tongue’ Probably Didn’t Kill Julie Powell

    ‘Black Hairy Tongue’ Probably Didn’t Kill Julie Powell

    Beth Skwarecki

    Julie Powell, the author of Julie and Julia, tweeted before her recent death at age 49 that she had “something that’s literally Black Hairy Tongue” and that her doctor thought it was “no big deal.” This, of course, spawned rampant speculation that the black hairy tongue was, in fact, a big deal, and possibly related…