New
York
(ANI):
Singer
Tila
Tequila's
girlfriend
American
socialite
Casey
Johnson"s
death
was
related
to
diabetes,
the
LA
County
coroner"s
office
has
announced.
Johnson,
who
had
been
diagnosed
with
the
illness
as
a
child,
passed
away
on
January
4
at
the
age
of
30.
The
coroner
said
the
heiress" death
had
been
caused
by
diabetic
ketoacidosis,
which
is
a
life-threatening
condition
caused
by
a
lack
of
insulin
and
soaring
blood
sugar
levels.
Johnson"s
life
had
been
spinning
out
of
control
during
the
last
few
months
of
her
life
as
she
lived
in
a
suicidal
drug
haze,
amid
squalor
and
cut
off
from
her
family
fortune.
“She
was
very
sick
with
diabetes
and
would
often
fail
to
take
her
insulin
correctly,
and
was
rushed
to
the
hospital
three
or
four
times
in
the
last
six
months,"
the
New
York
Post
quoted
a
source
as
saying.