Casey Johnson

Sale Trotter Case "Casey" Johnson (September 24, 1979 – January 4, 2010) was an American socialite and heiress. She was one of the great-great-granddaughters of Robert Wood Johnson I (co-founder of Johnson & Johnson).
Johnson was born in Florida.[1] Her father was Robert Wood Johnson IV, New York Jets owner, and her mother was Nancy Sale Frey, a former model. She was also niece of Jamie Johnson who directed the documentary Born Rich.[2] Johnson was raised in Manhattan and attended Chapin School, Marymount School, and Dwight School. She later enrolled in Brown University for one semester.[1]

As a child, Johnson was diagnosed with diabetes.[3] She and her father were both involved with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, working to find a cure for the disease.[4]

[edit] Career
At the age of 14, Johnson co-wrote a book with her father entitled Managing Your Child's Diabetes.[5] She appeared as herself on the television shows The Fabulous Life of... and E! True Hollywood Story. In 1999, Johnson had a minor role in the film Gloria starring Sharon Stone.[1] In 2002, she was featured in the documentary It Girls, which was filmed in 2000 during Manhattan's Fashion Week.[6] When Nicky Hilton declined to co-star with her sister Paris in The Simple Life, she asked Johnson. She too declined, and the role was subsequently given to Nicole Richie. Johnson called it the "stupidest mistake of my life" because her dream was to be an actress. Johnson also had a part in the never-aired The Tinsley Bumble Show, where she played a catty, vindictive socialite named Mimi von Lustig