Kim and Diddy in 2006 (Picture: Getty)

Diddy’s ex Kim Porter has been found dead at her home, age 47.

Kim and Diddy have three children together – 11-year-old twin girls Jessie James and D’Lila Star, and a son, Christian Combs, 20.

TMZ claim law enforcement sources got a call to her home in Toluca Lake around noon on Thursday; the emergency dispatch audio reveals that the call came in as cardiac arrest.

Kim (second left) with her four children and Diddy in October (Picture: Getty)

Diddy’s rep Cindi Berger confirmed the news: ‘Sadly, I can confirm the passing of Kim Porter. I ask that you give the families privacy at this time.’


Sources told the publication that she had been ‘suffering flu-like symptoms, and possibly pneumonia, for several weeks’.



Another source said that Kim had contacted her doctor on Wednesday to complain that she wasn’t feeling any better.

Diddy and Kim Porter arrive for his 35th Birthday Ball (Picture: PA)

The pair’s romance spanned 10 years and was volatile, with the pair often breaking up then making up; they first swtarted dating in 1994 and broke up for the last time in 2007.

She also has a son, Quincy, from her previous marriage to singer/producer Al B. Sure; she also helped to raise Diddy’s daughter Chance, whom he welcomed five months before the birth of their twins.

Kim worked as both a model and an actress, and appeared in TV show Wicked Wicked Game; she also made appearances on Diddy’s show, I Want to Work for Diddy.

Tributes began to pour in from the entertainment world, with many sending their prayers for her children.

RIP Kim Porter smh — Joe Budden (@JoeBudden) November 15, 2018

Praying for Kim Porter’s kids. This is crazy. ??? — Matthew A. Cherry (@MatthewACherry) November 15, 2018

So sad. Kim Porter was elegance personified, grace and dignity always. RIP to her. Everlasting prayers to the family and loved ones. — VanLathan (@VanLathan) November 15, 2018