Casey Johnson

Casey Johnson
Casey Johnson in 2008
Born	Sale Trotter Case Johnson (1979-09-24)September 24, 1979 Florida, United States
Died	January 4, 2010 (aged 30) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Cause of death	Diabetic ketoacidosis
Citizenship	United States
Education	Brown University
Occupation	Socialite, occasional actress
Children	Ava-Monroe Johnson (born 2006)
Parent(s)	Robert Wood Johnson IV Nancy Sale Frey Rashad

Sale Trotter Case "Casey" Johnson (September 24, 1979 – January 4, 2010) was an American heiress, socialite, and celebutante as well as an occasional actress, model, and author. She was the great-great-granddaughter of Robert Wood Johnson I, co-founder of Johnson & Johnson.

Johnson was born in Florida as the firstborn child of Nancy Sale Frey, a socialite and former model, and Robert Wood Johnson IV ("Woody" Johnson), owner of the New York Jets. She was raised in the New York City borough of Manhattan along with her sisters, Daisy and Jaime. She attended the exclusive Chapin, Marymount, and Dwight Schools and later enrolled in Brown University for one semester. She was the step-daughter of newscaster Ahmad Rashād. She was also related to documentary filmmaker Jamie Johnson, who co-produced and directed the 2003 documentary, Born Rich. She interned for friend Lizzie Grubman at her Wall Street office and briefly worked as an editor for Manhattan File.

At eight years old, Johnson was diagnosed with type one diabetes. She and her father were both involved with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, working to find a cure for the disease. In 1998 at age 19, Johnson was diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder. During her teens in the mid-to-late 1990s, Johnson received attention from the paparazzi media as a New York "party girl" and socialite.