Kimmarie Johnson Dies at 50 After Los Angeles Heart Event

Kimmarie Johnson died at 50 after a heart event at her Los Angeles home on Oct. 27, according to her niece Rhonda Scott.

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Kimmarie Johnson Dies at 50 After Los Angeles Heart Event

Kimmarie Johnson died at 50 after a heart event at her Los Angeles home on Oct. 27. Rhonda Scott said Johnson was rushed to Cedars-Sinai Hospital before her death on Wednesday afternoon.

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Beverly Hills, 90210 role

Johnson was best known for a single episode of Beverly Hills, 90210, where she landed the role of Judy in 1998. She also appeared in the Season 8 episode The Following Options and later turned up in Dude, Where’s My Car? in 2000, giving her screen career a compact but recognizable footprint.

Cedars-Sinai Hospital timeline

Rhonda Scott told TMZ that doctors diagnosed Johnson with a heart aneurysm condition, and that Johnson died peacefully Wednesday afternoon after her heart stopped beating. That sequence leaves a clear timeline: the Oct. 27 emergency at home, the transfer to Cedars-Sinai Hospital, and the death that followed on Wednesday.

Work after 2003

Johnson took a break from her career in 2003 after the birth of her son, Cameron Nino, then later returned to independent films and theater work. In 2005, she served as executive producer for The Last Eve alongside Young Man Kang, and the film went on to win awards including the Best Action Feature Film Award in the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival. She later launched SkinGlow by Kimmarie in 2011, so the loss reaches beyond one television credit and cuts off a career that had moved across acting, producing, and beauty.

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