Entertainment | Diddy Diddy's Ex Found Dead Kim Porter was mother to 3 of rapper's kids By Evann Gastaldo Posted Nov 15, 2018 5:40 PM CST Copied This Feb. 27, 2005, file photo shows Sean "Diddy" Combs arriving with date, Kim Porter for the 77th Academy Awards in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta, File) Kim Porter, the model and actress who dated Sean "Diddy" Combs on and off from 1994 to 2007 and bore three of the rapper's children, was found dead at her LA-area home Thursday, TMZ reports. Sources say Porter, 47, had been suffering from flu-like symptoms and possibly pneumonia for weeks; the 911 call that brought first responders to her home around noon mentioned a patient in cardiac arrest. A rep confirms Porter's death to Variety, but not many official details have been released. (Here's what killed 26-year-old rapper Mac Miller.) Read These Next RFK Jr. suggests antidepressants to blame after shooting. Isolated tribe members show up in an unexpected place. Trump just used a spending maneuver last seen nearly 50 years ago. Details trickle out on 2 more victims of the Minneapolis shooting. Report an error