ulie Powell's death has raised questions among users on Twitter after the New York Times wrote an obituary for the author. Her husband, Eric Powell, says she died of cardiac arrest. Meanwhile, some believe her cause of death was truly because of Covid, and others speculate it was because of the vaccine.

On October 1, 2021, the 49-year-old writer responded to Monjula Ray's tweet that said: "Covid never kills the right people. Our rapey Justice will be just fine. Real tragedy," to which the Julie and Julia author responded, "I would argue that COVID does kill some of the right people. The anti-vaxxers/maskers are dying in legions. But yes. It's a real shame about Kavanaugh." Then, on October 26, 2022, Powell died of a heart attack.