Cheshire Cat Photo Blog(...said the Cat: 'we're all mad here....')

Casey Johnson, the heiress to the Johnson & Johnson fortune, was pronounced dead at the scene, after police and firefighters were called to her home in Los Angeles at 11:51 AM Monday. Police officer Sara Faden noted that the death appeared to be natural, with no evidence of foul play. There will be a toxicology report from the coroner’s office.

An openly gay socialite, Johnson leaves a toddler daughter Ava, whom she adopted, and her partner, reality star Tila Tequila, who announced their engagement in December. Tequila announced Johnson’s death on Twitter. Johnson was the great-great-granddaughter of the founder of the pharmaceutical giant and the daughter of New York Jets owner Robert Wood Johnson.

Johnson reportedly had a nasty fight with ex-girfriend Courtenay Semel, daughter of former Yahoo chief Terry Semel in October, which reported resulted in Johnson’s hair catching fire. In November, Johnson was arrested for allegedly breaking into the house of another former girlfriend. In December, a lingerie-wearing Tequila announced the engagement with Johnson in an Internet video in which she flashed a “17-carat diamond ring.”

Johnson’s body will be “flown back east to her final resting place” after a private funeral with immediate family. Her family said that people can make donations in her membory to the Casey Johnson Memorial at the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Casey Johnson struggled with the disease throughout her life, according to a family spokesperson.

-Bill at

Cheshire Cat Photo™ – “Your Guide to California’s Wonderland™”

You can view higher-resolution photos (*generally* 7-30 megabytes, compressed) at the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Pro Gallery on Shutterfly™, where you can also order prints and gifts decorated with the photos of your choice from the gallery. Apparel and other gifts decorated with some of our most popular photos can be ordered from the Cheshire Cat Photo™ Store on CafePress®. Both Shutterfly™ and CafePress® ship to most international locations worldwide! Framed prints and prints on canvas can be ordered from our galleries on imagekind® and redbubble®. All four locations are accessible from here. If you don’t see what you want or would like to receive an email when new photos are up on the site, send us an email at info@cheshirecatphoto.com.

©2010 William F. Hackett. All Rights Reserved.