Kim Porter, passes away at 47, from Flu complications that turned into pneumonia

[HipChick]

https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-46233070

Kimora Lee Simmons (left) was seen sobbing outside the Los Angeles home of late friend and bridesmaid Kim Porter on Thursday afternoon as she watched a coroner remove her body. Simmons was beside herself as she stood in the garage alongside other loved ones to Porter, who suddenly passed away on Thursday after suffering flu-like symptoms and possibly pneumonia for several weeks. Authorities arrived at Porter's home around 11.30am after they received a call saying someone at the residence had gone into cardiac arrest. Diddy, who was at one time engaged to Porter and shares three children with her, is said to be 'devastated' over her sudden death.

[SummerSnow]

1. Condolences to her family. RIP Ms. Porter

[ck4829]

2. It almost killed me back in 2013, I wasn't even 30 then and I am healthy, physically active

You feel unwell and it just creeps up on you.

[HipChick]

3. 47 is way too young, and she leaves behind 11yr old twin girls..

[helpisontheway]

4. She has two other adult children too..nt

[MuseRider]

14. Me too in the early 90's.

Mine hit fast and I spent a week in the hospital, half of it barely awake. I was 40 years old, active and healthy with 2 little kids.

Get your flu shots people and if you tend toward respiratory issues get the pneumonia vaccine as well. Even doing all of that I have had pneumonia 3 times since then, just not as badly as before and once was because I got whooping cough (please vaccinate your kids, that is not a fun thing to have). Still, you can help your body fight these things, it makes no sense to not do it.

[USALiberal]

5. Get your flu shot!!! No downside! Nt

[dembotoz]

6. Truth

[maryellen99]

13. I got mine on Monday

She was my age. My heart goes out to her kids

[USALiberal]

15. Good job and thatnis a really sad story. Nt

[MineralMan]

7. Flu shot. It's not too late to get yours.

After you're sick, it's too late, though. Do it now.

[malaise]

8. 47 is so young

Damn!

[WhiskeyGrinder]

9. Black women are routinely under-treated by providers. I'm wondering if that was a factor here.

[HipChick]

11. In this case, her ex is a Billionaire...

[WhiskeyGrinder]

12. Money doesn't erase skin color in this country.

Serena Williams' recent experience is an excellent example.

[xmas74]

18. It could be but more than anything

I think it's a belief that we've taught ourselves that the flu "isn't so bad" and we just need to muddle through it. As a whole we tend to skip our flu shots, thinking they don't work. We underestimate how bad the flu can be, thinking it will only kill the elderly.

Unfortunately she has become a precautionary tale. She's wealthy, in good health and can afford the best of care yet still died. Cases like this are why no one should ever take the flu or a "chest cold" lightly.

[Celerity]

10. wow, so young, RIP Kim, and all best wishes for her children and family

Shocked

[ellie]

16. The flu is no joke

RIP Ms. Porter

[Ms. Toad]

17. Nothing in the story at your link suggests the flu

They added: "At this time, an autopsy is pending and a cause of death has not been determined."

[xmas74]

19. What I suspect was originally a block quote from the link

is in the OP. I followed the link-looks like they might have updated some information.

I found another source that said the call was for cardiac arrest and that she had been suffering from flu like symptoms for several weeks, with one source stating they thought she had pneumonia. I've tried to link it here but my phone is being stubborn.

[Ms. Toad]

20. This ought not to be promoted as a story about flu

when it does not appear to be the cause.

Porter was found dead in her Toluca Lake home on Thursday morning, the Los Angeles County medical examiner's office said in a statement. No information about the cause of her death was released.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/15/entertainment/kim-porter-dead/index.html

This is the closest attributed to a reliable source:

The cause of Porter's death is still unknown, but authorities were reportedly called to her home after someone went into cardiac arrest. It's thought that Porter had experienced "flu-like symptoms and possibly pneumonia" weeks before. The Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner is currently waiting for the autopsy results.

https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/a25166857/diddy-reaction-kim-porter-death/

The reason for the 911 call was cardiac arrest. Any connection to the flu is being described, by those closest to the scene, as a rumor ("It is thought that&quot

Could it have been the flu? Sure - but the initial available information does not seem to confirm that.

[SweetieD]

21. I don't think any official statement has been released about her cause of death. But I

think her friends and family said she told them she thought it was pneumonia.