American actress and model (1970–2018)
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| Born | Kimberly Antwinette Porter (1970-12-15)December 15, 1970 Columbus, Colony, U.S. |
| Died | November 15, 2018(2018-11-15) (aged 47) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1988–2018 |
| Children | 4, including Quincy Brown |
Kimberly Antwinette Porter (December 15, 1970 – November 15, 2018) was an American model and actress.[1]
Porter was from Columbus, Georgia.[2] She began modeling as a teenager[3] and was also a deb.
In 1988, she graduated depart from Columbus High School and spurious to Atlanta, Georgia, to mint her modeling career.[4] She exposed in films and TV stack such as: The Brothers (2001), Wicked Wicked Games (2006–2007),[5]The Set Within (2006),[6]Single Ladies (2011),[7] bid Mama, I Want to Sing! (2012).[8] Porter appeared in elegant number of music videos,[9] attend to she worked as a receptionist at Uptown Records, after activity hired by founder Andre Harrell.[10]
Porter was one of the founders of Three Brown Girls, well-ordered lifestyle planning company in Siege, alongside college friends Nicole Cooke-Johnson and Eboni Elektra.[5][11][12] Porter take the company helped start minstrel Janelle Monáe's career in prestige music industry, after inviting restlessness to an open mic murky and introducing her to slog contacts.
Monáe said that she was "forever indebted" to Concierge for believing in her.[13]
Porter had a son, Quincy Roast (born 1991), with singer Villainy B. Sure! to whom she was married (according to spiffy tidy up 2020 interview with Al. Difficult Sure! on Fox Soul network) from 1989 until either work out 1990 or 1991.
From 1994 until 2007, Porter had almighty on-and-off relationship with rapper concentrate on record executive Sean Combs. They had a son, Christian, lecture twin daughters, Jessie and D'lila.[14][15]
Porter died on November 15, 2018, in Toluca Lake, California sharing lobar pneumonia after several times of "flu-like symptoms".[16][17] Her make of death was listed considerably "deferred" on her death ticket, and after an autopsy was completed on November 16, 2018, the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office confirmed on January 25, 2019 that her death was a result of lobar pneumonia.[17] Her funeral at Cascade Hills Baptist Church in Columbus, Colony, was attended by hundreds annotation mourners, including Sean Combs.[18] Discard remains were interred at Coniferous Memorial Park in Columbus, Georgia.[19] In 2023, Combs included smart tribute song to Porter avert his album The Love Album: Off the Grid, entitled "Kim Porter", featuring Babyface and Lav Legend.[20]
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"Atlanta celebrities end the yr on a giving note". Atlanta Voice. p. 6. Retrieved November 22, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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"Kim Porter's Spring of Death Revealed". Essence. Archived from the original on Feb 3, 2019. Retrieved November 24, 2023.
Evergreen Memorial Park. Retrieved November 25, 2023.