Actress and former model Kimmarie Johnson, who appeared in Beverly Hills, 90210 and Dude, Where’s My Car?, died November 4 at 50 after experiencing a serious heart condition.
Kimmarie Johnson died Wednesday afternoon, November 4, after spending several days hospitalized following a cardiac emergency at her Los Angeles home. She was 50.
Her niece, Rhonda Scott, told TMZ that Johnson experienced a heart-related emergency on October 27 and was transported to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where doctors diagnosed her with a heart aneurysm condition.
Scott said Johnson died peacefully after her heart stopped beating. Johnson built a career across modeling and television during the late 1990s and early 2000s.
She appeared in the television drama Beverly Hills, 90210 in 1998 and later joined the cast of V.I.P., the Pamela Anderson-led series.
Her film credits included the 2000 comedy Dude, Where’s My Car?, starring Ashton Kutcher and Seann William Scott. Johnson appeared as one of the women disguised as aliens in the film.
Born Kim Marie Johnson on April 8, 1976, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, she initially worked as a flight attendant after college.
Her modeling career also included competing in Miss Pennsylvania USA, which she won in 1992, before placing among the top five contestants at Miss USA in 1993.
After becoming a mother in 2003, Johnson reduced her acting commitments. She subsequently explored producing, including serving as an executive producer on the 2005 film The Last Eve.
Johnson also pursued entrepreneurship, launching her skincare company, SkinGlow by Kimmarie, in 2011.
Her final acting credit was the 2017 series Tucker’s War. She is survived by her son, Cameron Nino, a musician based in Los Angeles, and her niece, Rhonda Scott.
SOURCES:
Deadline
TMZ
People
