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Kimmarie Johnson, Beverly Hills 90210 actress, dies aged 50

Kimmarie Johnson, who appeared in Beverly Hills 90210 and Dude, Where's My Car?, died on November 4 from a heart aneurysm.

Kimmarie Johnson, an actor and model who appeared in Beverly Hills 90210 in the late 1990s, has died aged 50. Kimmarie Johnson suffered a cardiac emergency the week before and was taken to Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, where doctors diagnosed her with a heart aneurysm.

Johnson won the Miss Pennsylvania USA pageant in 1992 and finished in the top five at Miss USA the following year. Kimmarie Johnson moved to Los Angeles and began acting, landing roles in the comedy Dude, Where's My Car?

alongside Ashton Kutcher and Seann William Scott, and appeared in the Pamela Anderson series V.I.P. Johnson stepped back from acting after her son was born in 2003 and later launched a skincare brand called SkinGlow by Kimmarie.

50
Age at death
April 8, 1976
Birth date
1992
Miss Pennsylvania USA
2003
Son born

Why it mattersJohnson was a familiar face to viewers of 1990s and 2000s television and represents a generation of working actors who moved between small TV roles, film, and other ventures.

AustraliaNo direct Australian connection, though her TV appearances were watched by Australian audiences during the shows' broadcast years.

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