pop culture and fashion writer Erica Kennedy Dead At 42

  MIAMI BEACH (CBSMiami) - Well-equipped for his bestselling book, The New York Times New aware

Bling, Erica Kennedy was well respected in the entertainment and fashion communities. On Monday,

police confirmed after Kennedy's death, her body in his apartment in Miami Beach before last

week. She was 42

Bling was seen by many as a guide, what's really happening in the hip hop industry and

construction was to be made into a film considered. She made her follow-up novel, Feminista, in

2009.

Kennedy was a former journalist and fashion began his writing career as a special correspondent

for the New York Daily News. She continued to write about fashion and entertainment magazines

such as Vibe, In Style and Elle UK.

A graduate of Oxford University breathed fashion. The former public relations spokesman Tommy

Hilfiger, once boasted that she was to receive the first person to Sean Combs 'P Diddy' in a

suit.

She was a close friend of Russell and Kimora Lee Simons, and was godmother, her two daughters,

Ming Lee and Aoki Lee. Kimora was taken to Twitter to express his pain, suggesting that it was

destroyed.

She inspired many writers, including, Demetria L. Lucas Clutch Magazine, who wrote a tribute song

to her Monday.

His death has surprised many in the world of fashion, journalism and public relations.

The cause of his death was not released.

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