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Popular TV chef and cookbook author Mynie Steffens has died in a helicopter crash in South Africa, according to multiple reports.<\/p>\n
The 43-year-old reportedly crashed on Nov. 10 at a citrus farm.<\/p>\n
SABC News reported<\/b><\/a> that Steffens was spraying oranges with pesticides when she hit some power lines and went down at around 8 a.m.<\/p>\n \u201cInformation that is at our disposal indicates that the pilot was conducting a pest control operation flight when the helicopter struck power lines and crashed,\u201d the Accidents and Incidents Investigations Division said in a statement to the George Herald. \u201cThe helicopter itself was substantially damaged due to impact force.\u201d<\/p>\n People Magazine reported<\/b><\/a> that the South African Police Service is investigating the incident. <\/p>\n The outlet said Steffens was best known for her role on the cooking show \u201cSpeel met Vuur\u201d which she co-hosted with her high school friend, Aldi Van der Walt. She also wrote a cookbook by the same name.<\/p>\n VIA TV which carried the show posted about her death on Facebook.<\/p>\n \u201cRest in peace, Mynie Steffens,\u201d the Network\u2019s post read. \u201cYou were adventurous until the end. With #PlayWithFire, you showed us all how to approach life with curiosity and bravery. Sleep softly.\u201d<\/p>\n Van der Walt also spoke out about her death.<\/p>\n \u201cShe was always full of ideas that had transformed into successful endeavors, and then executing that with success, winning over people as she went along,\u201d Van der Walt told IOL following her death. \u201cShe could make time for people from every walk of life, and that was her priority.<\/p>\n \u201cShe had patience and kindness coupled with humor, and that made her irresistible to people,\u201d Van der Walt added. \u201cI will miss my friend. Her absence will be felt by many.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.pennlive.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Popular TV chef and cookbook author Mynie Steffens has died in a helicopter crash in South Africa, according to multiple reports. The 43-year-old reportedly crashed on Nov. 10 at a citrus farm. SABC News reported that Steffens was spraying oranges with pesticides when she hit some power lines and went down at around 8 a.m. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[412072],"class_list":["post-2153066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-sc1056"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2153066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2153066"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2153066\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2153067,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2153066\/revisions\/2153067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2153066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2153066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2153066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}