Disney influencer Dominique Brown died final week after reportedly experiencing a extreme allergic response at a vacation model occasion in Los Angeles. She was 34.
The incident occurred Thursday night at a gathering hosted by the popular culture merch retailer BoxLunch.
Emergency providers had been referred to as to the occasion, which was at Vibiana, a cathedral-turned-event venue in downtown Los Angeles. The DJ turned off the music to announce a medical concern and ask friends for an EpiPen, NBC News confirmed.
Boxlunch and Vibiana mentioned they’re conducting impartial investigations.
Brown was described by followers and fellow influencers as somebody who helped foster neighborhood on-line. The theme park and collectible fanatic was most often known as the co-creator of Black Girl Disney, an area for fellow Black Disney influencers searching for neighborhood in a predominantly white area of interest.
The Long Beach, Calif.-based creator had cultivated a following of over 21,000 folks on her private Instagram, the place she continuously posted from the theme parks and crimson carpets for Disney movies. She additionally had over 20,000 followers on Black Girl Disney’s account, which she launched with creator Mia Von.
Von didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark Monday.
In Brown’s remaining Instagram post, she is seen enthusiastically exhibiting off a Winnie the Pooh hat whereas sporting a cardigan from BoxLunch.
“I’m simply right here to say, get the obnoxious plush hat,” she wrote.
BoxLunch mentioned it’s “devastated” by Brown’s dying, calling her a “beloved member” of BoxLunch Collective, its model ambassador program.
“Our hearts exit to her household and buddies, and we’ll do every little thing we will to assist them and the members of the BoxLunch Collective and our group throughout this painful time,” BoxLunch mentioned in a press release.
BoxLunch mentioned it’s arranging grief counseling providers for employees and influencers in its model ambassador program, a lot of whom had been on the occasion.
Vibiana wrote in a press release that the group’s “hearts and deepest sympathy exit to the household and family members of Dominique Brown throughout this heartbreaking time.”
“As we await additional, extra conclusive details about this tragic incident, we stay totally dedicated to our ongoing and complete inside evaluate and to collaborating carefully with all events concerned to know the circumstances surrounding this devastating loss,” a spokesperson for the venue wrote.
After Brown’s dying, tributes started pouring in on-line. Brown’s brother, Patrick Ramos, commented on her final submit, thanking “her social media fam for exhibiting her a lot love and lightweight.”
“Disney did carry her pleasure, nevertheless it was unparalleled that she discovered a neighborhood who cherished her and Disney as a lot as she did,” Ramos wrote. “I’ll miss my sister and greatest pal and that infectious smile she all the time had.”
Fellow creator Monika Jade wrote on Threads that she is “upset, confused, heartbroken, and ANGRY.”
“All I do know is that all of us owe Domo a lot,” she wrote. “She has constructed REAL neighborhood and created so many alternatives for little black women turned adults who nonetheless consider in magic.”
Creator Patrick Dougall posted that Brown was all the time “such [a] brilliant mild” after they hung out collectively, and that she “by no means not had a smile on her face.”
“I’m completely devastated for her household & our buddies! And hope the suitable events shall be held accountable.”
Actress Anika Noni Rose, who voiced Princess Tiana in Disney’s “The Princess and the Frog,” additionally shared a tribute to Brown on Sunday, calling her a “lovely spirit” in an Instagram story.
She posted a hyperlink to a Change.org petition that “mandates life-saving meals allergy measures in any respect meals institutions.” It had been signed by greater than 18,000 folks as of Monday.
