Coroner: Johnson died of natural causes
Cause of death was serious complication of untreated diabetes
February 4, 2010, 4:15 p.m.
STAFF REPORT
Casey Johnson, heiress to the Johnson & Johnson fortune and socialite who made tabloid headlines with a purported engagement to reality star Tila Tequila, died of natural causes related to diabetes, the Los Angeles County coroner said Thursday.
The 30-year-old socialite was found dead at a friend's home January 4, according to authorities.
Johnson was one of the great-great-granddaughters of Robert Wood Johnson, a co-founder of the pharmaceutical giant, and was the daughter of Woody Johnson, owner of the New York Jets.
The coroner found that she died of diabetic ketoacidosis, a serious complication of untreated diabetes.