At the age of 30, Casey Johnson, heir to the pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson, has passed away, reports People magazine on its website. The news was announced by her life partner Tila Tequila on her Twitter page.
Thank you all for your love and support, I will be offline to be with family, among other things she wrote. The police confirmed that they were called to Johnson’s house in Los Angeles on Monday morning, along with firefighters, and that she was pronounced dead at the scene. According to police reports, it appears that the death was natural and there is no evidence of foul play. However, a toxicology report from the coroner’s office is pending. Johnson, who recently made headlines due to her engagement to Tila, a reality show star, is survived by her adopted daughter Ava. The deceased was the great-great-granddaughter of the founder of Johnson & Johnson, and the daughter of Robert Wood Johnson, owner of the NFL team New York Jets. (H)
