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Black people found the death of Kim Porter--model, actress & mother of Puff Daddy's children--suspicious back when it happened in 2018. This was long before the current Diddy sex trafficking charges were laid. Her cause of death was listed as "deferred" on her death certificate until an autopsy could be performed, which it was the very next day, though the results took quite a while to be released publicly. In January of the following year, it was announced that Kim Porter died of lobar pneumonia. Case closed. Fast forward to 2023 when P. Diddy was charged with a litany of sex abuse/trafficking charges and people like Al B. Sure! called for another look into his ex's sudden death. (Sure accused Diddy of poisoning him and causing his health scare, which included a bizarre combination of fungal pneumonia(!), renal failure, sepsis & the need for a liver transplant which he thankfully received).
How could a healthy, fit young woman of only 47 drop dead of PNEUMONIA when she had the best healthcare money could buy? Suspicions only deepened when the horrific truth about her babydaddy came to light in 2023-2024 with his property raids & arrest. Could Sean "Puffy" Combs have poisoned or otherwise caused the death of Mrs. Porter, who was said to be working on a tell-all book at the time of death? Diddy has since been linked to the deaths of Tupac Shakur and tentatively, his very own artist Biggie Smalls, aka Notorious B.I.G. That's to say nothing of the violent rapes & beatings of various women & others, which proves his ability to be cold & brutal. Let's look at the facts without any of the sensationalism, shall we?
(Spoiler: things get a tad sensational near the end). 😬
Kim Porter's Autopsy Findings
Autopsy summary w/ my commentary in red.
In order to discuss Kim's autopsy findings, first we must find Kim's autopsy. And that was no easy feat even for this seasoned Google-Fu detective. I had to use an alternative search engine & enter her full government name, but I finally found it. What I got was a lengthy Pdf with "amended" parts added at the end, including a bacteriology report that was quite confusing. Her official cause of death is lobar pneumonia of the bacterial type--an insidious disease capable of taking out even young, healthy people. But that's not the confusing thing here.
Excellent interview w/ doctor about autopsy findings
A few things stuck out to me about this autopsy. Firstly, the name of her treating physician who performed house calls in the days leading up to her death was redacted throughout the report. This is relatively rare and I'm not quite sure what it means. Perhaps he/she is under investigation? Secondly, she had signs of "blunt force trauma" on her arms, though it didn't sound like it was anything too severe--just some minor bruising. Third, the report claims Kim was only sick for 4 days, which conflicts with the state of her body at death. A doctor who was interviewed at length on CourtTV (see above) states unequivocally that she had to be sick much longer in order for her lungs to weigh that much and for the pleural effusion to be that severe. Her liver and spleen were also enlarged/inflamed, possibly pointing to an underlying or chronic illness. More on that later.
Finally and most suspiciously, the autopsy contains a bacteriology report tacked on at the end almost as an afterthought. In it are reports that Kim Porter's blood contained 4 strains of deadly bacteria: fusobacterium necrophorum, an unspecified clostridium species, enterobacterium faecalis & a citrobacter species. This points to a case of complicated sepsis--incredibly complicated. The question then becomes, how did Kim get all these deadly bacteria in her system, what role did they play in her death and why wasn't her immune system capable of getting them under control? And why is cause of her death listed simply as "lobar pneumonia" if her bloodstream showed signs of poisoning with all these bacteria?
Pneumonia: Insidious Killer of the Young
People underestimate just how deadly pneumonia can be. When it took the lives of both Brittany Murphy & husband Simon Monjack in 2009, the world was in disbelief, with Brittany's father Angelo Bertolotti claiming she must've been poisoned. But her strain of pneumonia, staphylococcus aureus, was traced back to Puerto Rico where she was filming the movie The Caller a month earlier. She was also severely anemic and avoiding hospitals due to fear of tabloids writing more hit pieces on her, both of which allowed the illness to overwhelm her system. Her use of over-the-counter medications suppressed symptoms so that she didn't likely realize just how sick she was until it was too late.
Like Murphy, Kim Porter made a trip abroad in the month preceding her death: she'd gone to an unspecified location in Africa but claimed she felt fine upon returning. Nothing more is made of this trip to a known hotzone for disease in the autopsy report, though I think it should be considering all the bizarre and rare strains of bacteria in her blood. Were one or more of these pathogens contracted in Africa or on the way to/from there?
Pneumonia also took the life of rapper Eazy-E in 1995, though this was a different kind: pneumocystis carinii, a type common in sufferers of HIV/AIDS. Unlike most patients with AIDS, Eazy didn't know he was infected until incredibly late in the course of his illness, by which point only supportive care could be given. (His sudden death also raised suspicions of foul play in the Hip Hop community). In 2011, singer Broadcast (Trish Keenan) died of pneumonia at age 42 after battling Swine Flu.
My younger brother nearly died of pneumonia a few years ago, collapsing outside the entrance to Wal-Mart while trying to pretend he wasn't as sick as he was. Most people believe that respiratory infections are an expected, normal and largely harmless thing in the winter months but this belief can be deadly, especially for those with a tendency to downplay pain or illness. Influenza kills roughly 37,000 Americans annually, making it the 7th leading cause of death overall. Bacterial pneumonia like the kind Kim Porter had usually follows a viral infection like the flu, COVID, RSV or a bad cold, and treatment-resistant pneumonia that doesn't respond to common antibiotics has risen a scary 20% in the post-COVID era.
The comedy world was rocked by the death of Bernie Mac in 2008 when he passed from pneumonia with sarcoidosis as the main underlying cause. Rapper Krayzie Bone nearly died from sarcoidosis complications in 2023, lying in a medically-induced coma for 9 days while doctors tried to stop the bleeding in his lungs.
Sarcoidosis nearly killed rapper Krayzie Bone at only age 50.
Underlying Chronic Disease?
Sarcoidosis is one known cause of enlarged liver and spleen
Which raises the question: did Kim Porter have a chronic health condition like sarcoidosis? This autoimmune disease, like all others, disproportionately affects women, with Black people being even more heavily impacted than other races. If she had the disease, which causes characteristic nodules in the lungs and elsewhere, it was not noted at autopsy. Sarcoidosis is one of the conditions listed as a possible cause of hepatomegaly and splenomegaly--both of which Porter exhibited at autopsy (see above).
Or did she have a progressive immune disease like HIV/AIDS? We'll never know because the virus was not tested for, though many other viruses were (none were found). An immune-destroying disease like AIDS would explain the presence of so many opportunistic infections at death, and in theory she could've acquired it from sleeping with a promiscuous bisexual man like Diddy, with whom we know she had unprotected sex because she bore his children. In no way am I claiming that Diddy has HIV or that Porter in fact had the virus, but I'm struggling to find another reason her body could be in such bad shape and she could die after such a short illness. It's practically the only thing the autopsy didn't check for (unless I'm missing something).
Bodyguard Gene Deal claims that Bad Boy rapper Craig Mack actually died of AIDS, not heart failure like he claimed, so the disease was definitely floating around Diddy's circle if true.
Another Possibility: Lemierre's Syndrome
Fusobacterium necrophorum (one of the 4 bacterial strains in Kim's blood) is known to cause a now-rare disease called Lemierre Syndrome, a potentially fatal infection of the tonsils & jugular vein that causes symptoms quite similar to what Kim suffered in her final days. It's described as follows:
No abnormalities noted in her jugular vein, but were they looking?
Her symptoms were definitely in line with this disease, and the presence of this bizarrely rare bacterium at autopsy could in theory point to Lemierre's as a contributing cause of death. Here's a list of Lemierre's symptoms with Kim's symptoms underlined in red:
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Kim's (known) symptoms underlined in red.
About Those Bacteria
Enterococcus faecalis is a strain of bacteria found in the intestinal tract. It's harmless when taken as a probiotic, but when present in the bloodstream it can cause fatal infections & is often found in re-infected root canal treated teeth. It tends toward antibiotic resistance & is especially prevalent in hospital environments. Illnesses caused by this bacterium include UTI, meningitis, endocarditis & sepsis. It is shed in human feces & has been found in swimming pools & other recreational water supplies.
Fusobacterium necrophorum also resides in the GI tracts of humans & animals as well as the female genital tract and in wet or muddy environments around cattle/horses. It causes a number of benign and serious infections in humans & animals, including 10% of acute sore throats, 21% of recurrent sore throats & thrombosis in the jugular vein, a condition known as Lemierre's Syndrome (see above). It's generally treated with metronidazole or augmentin.
The other 2 bacterial strains were nonspecific: a clostridium and citrobacter strain. The former genus includes the germs that cause tetanus, botulism & C. diff diarrhea--an often-deadly & resistant bowel disease. The latter is ubiquitous in soil, water and the human body and may be antibiotic-resistant as well. Citrobacter are described as "opportunistic" and are also more common in hospital settings.
Patients who are acutely ill, have just had surgery, are on immune-suppressing drugs for cancer or organ transplants or intubated are more prone to developing these nasty resistant infections which is why they're more common in hospitals, as that's where these patients congregate. As for why any 1 of them, let alone all four, would be present in the system of a fit, otherwise healthy adult woman being treated in her own home, that's a mystery to me. An even bigger mystery is why the reason is not explored in the autopsy report and further investigation can't be found anywhere online. Go ahead and try searching any combo of "Kim Porter ____ (one of these strains of bacteria)". You'll come up empty.
My Conclusion
The autopsy, in my not-so-professional opinion, is factually accurate but woefully incomplete. It's kinda like saying someone died of "cardiac arrest". While technically true that Kim Porter died with pneumonia, the real question is why her lungs, liver, spleen and chest cavity were able to to be overrun with purulent infection at such a rapid rate, causing her organs to fill with pus & swell to triple their size. In addition, the presence of multiple treatment-resistant bacteria in her blood is totally unexplored--why were these bacteria in her body, where did they come from & how much did they contribute to her death? Healthy people do not have those bacteria in their bloodstream, full stop. There's little question THAT they contributed to her demise, yet they're treated like an afterthought in the autopsy.
Furthermore, should the rest of us be concerned about the presence of these bacteria in the community? Did Kim have an underlying disease like sarcoidosis or HIV that allowed a routine illness to spread out of control? Why was she allowed to "request" a specific antibiotic when she didn't even know for sure if her illness was bacterial? That's a doctor's job. Was she REALLY only sick 4 days or did she likely downplay/ignore symptoms much longer? Did someone discourage her from seeking medical care sooner or in hospital? Furthermore, by redacting the name of her treating physician, you deny the public the ability to make an informed decision about whether to choose this doctor in our own care--a doctor who had a patient die while under his/her care. We have a right to informed consent, especially with the outrageous cost of healthcare in this country.
Intentionally vague?
WHAT IN THE EVERLOVING FUCK?!
Al B. Sure! intubated & near death in 2022.
The long list of serious ailments with no specified cause is reminiscent of his ex Kim's fate. Kidneys don't just fail without an underlying disease process or infection but I can't for the life of me find what it was. He weighed over 300 lbs & underwent bariatric surgery in 2017 and was apparently thriving before collapsing in 2022. Maybe he knows what was wrong and just isn't saying, but he's been very open about the rest of his "health scare," sharing intimate photos of himself near death and details about the procedures he underwent. Even the embarrassing part where he was superfat. It seems unlikely he'd hide the REASON for all of this health drama. It couldn't have been drugs or alcohol or he wouldn't have received the liver transplant.
Inaccurate Autopsies Disturbingly Common
85% of death certificates had 1 error. Multiple errors were more common. 🤬
I was under the impression that death certificates & autopsy reports were scientifically accurate legal documents that rarely contained errors. Wrong. Turns out errors are more common than not, and most worryingly, pneumonia as a cause of death is an especially problematic issue because it often covers up the real underlying cause. Check out this study by the Journal of Official Statistics:
Pneumonia specifically can cover up poisonings!
How often does it happen? Have a look at the table above.
More Loose Ends
Details of Rajneesh poisonings were hidden from the public.
"The investigation also revealed experimentation at Rajneeshpuram with poisons, chemicals and bacteria which had been carried out during 1984 and 1985.[14] Skeels described the scene at the Rajneesh laboratory as "a bacteriological freezer-dryer for large-scale production" of microbes.[20] Investigators found a copy of The Anarchist Cookbook, and literature on the manufacture and usage of explosives and military bio-warfare.[20] Investigators believed that the commune had previously carried out similar attacks in Salem, Portland and other cities in Oregon.[14] According to court testimony, the plotters boasted that they had attacked a nursing home and a salad bar at the Mid-Columbia Medical Center, but no such attempts were ever proven in court.[14] As a result of the bioterrorism investigation, law enforcement officials discovered that there had been an aborted plot by Rajneeshees to murder Charles Turner, a former United States Attorney for Oregon.[27] An invoice dated September 25, 1984, from the American Type Culture Collection of microbes was discovered, showing an order received by the Rajneeshpuram laboratory for Salmonella typhi, the bacterium that causes the life-threatening illness typhoid fever.[14][28]"
This was the biggest domestic bioterror attack until the Anthrax Attacks in 2001. Speaking of those, we still aren't 100% certain who committed them as the only suspect committed suicide while under extreme pressure from the FBI, who had already pressured the wrong guy for a year: Steven Hatfill. Both the Oregon Salmonella Attacks and 2001 Anthrax Attacks used deadly bacteria and prove that you need not be incredibly wealthy or powerful to kill/sicken people using this method. Thing is, Diddy is a billionaire with alleged connections to government agencies--it's likely why his house was bugged Epstein-style and he, as a Black man in America, was able to get away with such hideous crimes in broad daylight for so long. The real question: Could that wealth and those government connections also buy the complicity and silence of coroners, medical examiners and doctors who would need to be in on the conspiracy to keep his crimes covered up? Normally I'd say 'fuck no', that such an allegation was ridiculous on its face. And it still is, except for the fact that Diddy was somehow able to keep all his sex abuse victims quiet as well as everyone they may have told or who witnessed his crimes--even in anonymous Internetland--for 30+ years. That includes angry fathers & partners of rape victims, concerned psychotherapists, bloggers, citizen journalists--everyone. Even at the fevered height of #MeToo. Keep in mind that conspiracy skeptics use this kind of thing as an argument against big coverups--"three people can keep a secret if two of them are dead" is how the saying goes. But the Diddy case disproves the hell out of that claim. The few who tried to tell us how he was livin' in a roundabout way with fictional books (Erica Kennedy, author of "Bling," a now-rare book selling for $300+), and Terrance Dean, author of "Mogul," dropped dead of mysterious or undisclosed causes. Yes, both of them. Like Kim Porter, these were young healthy Black people in the prime of their lives. Since when are the causes of death of public figures not announced or findable via public record inquiry? This is highly irregular at best. Aspects of Bob Saget's death scene were sealed at his family's request, but we still know his cause/manner of death. Take it from someone who spends way too much time researching people & events online: something stinks here and it ain't just Diddy's rap skills. Let's say Diddy's henchmen were poisoning people using a covert bacterial weapons program: would our government tell us? Or would they keep it under wraps like they did with the Rajneeshpuram incident for fear of inspiring a "copycat" attack? (i.e. having to pay up in the cases of already-murdered/sickened victims and admit foreknowledge about such a wicked act). My money's on the latter option. Past behavior is the best predictor of future behavior, and to admit that our nation's top medical & elected officials were involved in this violent corruption would undermine public trust too much. No, they couldn't allow the peon masses to find out. We'll just nail him for sex offenses (not including the ones with minors) & call it a day they say, hoping he offs himself sooner than later. Much has been made about the pulled "tell-all" biography allegedly written by Porter about her life with Sean Combs, which I listened to in audio format recently. While entertaining, I suspect it was not penned by Kim Porter, at least not in its entirety. The ending of the book is too bold with its claims about Diddy killing people with pneumonia specifically and sounds fake, though the rest of it could in theory be real. I guess. I'm less interested in that book than the contents of the verifiably real autopsy report and the obscured causes of death for Erica Kennedy and Terrance Dean. In my opinion, these items are deserving of major media inquiry, yet they're being glossed over in favor of coverage of less significant details. I've strayed from the original topic a bit, but follow me here. Like the many unexplained details in Kim Porter's autopsy, the lingering suspicions in other Diddy-adjacent deaths could be put to rest by simply releasing their official cause of death and any accompanying medical/coroner documents. The public has a right to know these things about public figures, especially when our health/safety could also be at risk from shady doctors, deadly bacteria or other threats. We're enabling a dangerous precedent to be set by allowing cause/manner of death to be obscured or potentially misattributed like in Miss Porter's case. These are real human beings who met an untimely demise & they deserve for the full truth to be told, even if it turns out they died of suicide, which is NOT worthy of shame or secrecy. Mental health in America is at a crisis point post-COVID, especially for Black people who may be more reluctant to seek help or unable to afford or access it. Covering up the cause of death in in the cases of Erica Kennedy, Terrance Dean & others is an injustice to their legacy. In doing so, you leave the final chapter in their lives open to wild speculation & uncertainty at best and potentially let a killer go free at worst. That's the ultimate form of disrespect. Therefore, I'm calling on the coroners/medical examiners in Kim Porter's case to explain the likely origin & significance of those 4 bacteria present in her blood at the time of death, and for those who know the cause & manner of death of authors Erica Kennedy and Terrance Dean to share them with the public along with any supporting documents. Knowledge is power, and the more transparency we have in the cases of sudden, unexpected deaths of beloved public figures, the better. No matter the cause, more information cannot possibly be a bad thing. There is no such thing as a "shameful" cause of death, whether by suicide, drug overdose, accidental self-injury or foul play. Ignorance & rumors thrive in the dark.
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