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Lynn Yamada Davis, TikTok chef known for playful 'Cooking With Lynja' videos, dies

Lynn Yamada Davis, a social media star known for her fast-paced and kooky "Cooking With Lynja" online tutorials, has died. Hannah Shofet, Davis' eldest daughter, confirmed Friday to The Times that her mother died Jan. 1 at Riverview Medical Center in New Jersey from esophageal cancer. She was 67. In a phone interview, Shofet celebrated Davis for being a "real poster child of having a family ...
Lynn Yamada "Lynja" Davis attends the 2023 Streamy Awards at Fairmont Century Plaza on Aug. 27, 2023, in Los Angeles.

Lynn Yamada Davis, a social media star known for her fast-paced and kooky "Cooking With Lynja" online tutorials, has died.

Hannah Shofet, Davis' eldest daughter, confirmed Friday to The Times that her mother died Jan. 1 at Riverview Medical Center in New Jersey from esophageal cancer. She was 67.

In a phone interview, Shofet celebrated Davis for being a "real poster child of having a family and also pursuing your dreams." She also praised her mother for representing older women

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