Kim Porter, who datedSean “Diddy” Combsfor many years before their2007 splitand was also mother to four of his children, was found dead in her home on Thursday. She was 47.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office confirmed Porter’s deathin a statementexplaining that officers responded to a death investigation at 11:40 a.m. in Toluca Lake, California, where they found a female unresponsive at the residence.
Porter was pronounced dead at the scene.
A rep for Diddy confirmed Porter’s death to PEOPLE, saying, “Sadly, I can confirm the passing of Kim Porter. I ask that you give the families privacy at this time.”
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The couple, who began dating in the ’90s, had three children together throughout their on-and-off-again relationship: son Christian, 20, and 11-year-old twin daughters D’Lila Star and Jessie James. Additionally, Combs raised Porter’s eldest child Quincy, 27, and considers him a son.
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Porter and her son Christian Combs.Andrew H. Walker/WWD/REX/Shutterstock
Porter and Combs broke up in 1999 and battled in court over child support for Christian; Combs also datedJennifer Lopezfor two years before he and Porter reconciled in 2003. They split for the final time in 2007.
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Combs is also the father of two additional children — son Justin, 24, and daughter Chance, 12 — whom he shares with exes Misa Hylton-Brim and Sarah Chapman.
“I got three girls, three boys, and they’re really kind, great people,” Combstold PEOPLEin 2017 of his large family. “They got a lot of love in their heart. I’m the luckiest man in the world.”
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source: people.com
