Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Johnson and Johnson Heiress Dies | Who Gets Her Fortune?

Johnson and Johnson Heiress Dies

Casey Johnson image from Wikipedia.

Casey Johnson image from Wikipedia.

Casey Johnson, heiress to the Johnson and Johnson fortune, has died, police confirmed yesterday. It may seem tacky to talk about money when someone dies, but it isn’t tacky to speak of a person’s profession, and Casey Johnson’s profession was inheriting and having tons of money. I suppose Wikipedia’s explanation that she was a “Hollywood socialite known for making outrageous headlines” could be considered a career.

Casey Johnson was the great-great granddaughter of Robert Wood Johnson I. The Johnson and Johnson pharmaceutical company’s fortune, four generations after the company’s beginning, is enormous. So when a Johnson and Johnson heiress dies, who gets the money now?

Johnson and Johnson heiress’s loved ones

Casey Johnson’s habit of “making outrageous headlines” continued last month, Dec. 9, to be exact when she got engaged to reality television star Tila Tequila. However, Tila says she hadn’t heard from Casey Johnson since Dec. 29; according to TMZ Tila says she and Johnson were fighting, and Tila said Johnson’s phone has been shut off since Dec. 29.

In 2007, Johnson adopted a baby girl from Kazakhstan, Ava. Likely, Ava will be the next heiress in this particular line of Johnson and Johnson heiresses.

Casey Johnson’s death

TMZ first reported the Johnson and Johnson heiress’s death, and very few details have been revealed, not even where exactly she was found. Today CNN reports: … click here to read the rest of the article titled “Johnson and Johnson Heiress Dies | Who Gets Her Fortune?



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