Kim Porter's cause of death has been revealed.
According to TMZ, the 47-year-old model/actress, who passed away in November, died from a form of pneumonia. The Los Angeles County Coroner's office released the cause of death on Friday (January 25) as lobar pneumonia, which is the "inflammation of an entire lobe of the lungs." Kim's death certificate, which was completed a day after she was found dead, previously listed her cause of death as "deferred" and the manner of death as "pending investigation."
Kim, who shares three biological children with Sean "Diddy" Combs (he was also hands-on in raising her son Quincy from a previous relationship) was found dead at her Los Angeles area home on November 15. Sources told TMZ at the time that she was experiencing "flu-like symptoms" several weeks prior to death, and had been complaining that she wasn't feeling well the night before she was pronounced dead at her home.
Diddy released a statement days after her passing, captioning an old video of the two, filmed when Kim was pregnant: "For the last three days I’ve been trying to wake up out of this nightmare. But I haven’t. I don’t know what I’m going to do without you baby. I miss you so much [...] Today I’m going to pay tribute to you, I’m going to try and find the words to explain our unexplainable relationship. We were more than best friends, we were more than soulmates. WE WERE SOME OTHER SH*T!! And I miss you so much. Super Black Love 🖤."
Kim and Diddy's love story spanned 13 years, with the two finally calling it quits on the romantic relationship in 2007. Following news of Kim's passing a source told People: "Diddy is devastated and shocked. He and Kim were still very close friends and co-parents even though their romantic relationship didn’t work." The insider added, "They were still a family."
Kim was laid to rest in her hometown of Columbus, Georgia on November 24.
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