Pro-Trump vlogger Diamond died of heart disease due to chronic high blood ... trends now
Lynette 'Diamond' Hardaway, a vlogger and zealous supporter of former President Donald Trump, died earlier this month of a heart condition, with her sister saying she collapsed on the kitchen floor, crying out: 'I can't breathe.'
Known as the star of the conservative political commentary duo 'Diamond and Silk,' Hardaway, 51, died on January 8 of heart disease due to chronic high blood pressure.
The cause of Hardaway's death, which was not released by the family, had become a topic of widespread speculation.
COVID-19 was not listed as a cause or contributing factor on her death certificate, which was provided to the AP by the Hoke County Register of Deeds and was signed by a local doctor. No autopsy was performed.
Lynette 'Diamond' Hardaway (pictured left), a vlogger and zealous supporter of former President Donald Trump, died earlier this month of a heart condition
Hardaway and her sister, Rochelle 'Silk' Richardson, found internet stardom as black women who ardently backed Trump during his 2016 presidential campaign.
After making several campaign appearances with the former president, the two leveraged their notoriety to land regular commentator roles at Fox News.
Their promotion of coronavirus falsities eventually got them dropped, but they landed at the far-right cable and digital media platform Newsmax.
A torrent of social media users suggested COVID-19 was to blame.
Many of the posts were based on an unsourced, and since-deleted, online report from November that claimed Hardaway had been hospitalized with COVID-19.
Both Diamond and Silk vehemently denied that the virus had put Hardaway in the hospital.
The memorial for Hardaway took a dark turn on Saturday as Richardson detailed the late 51-year-old's final moments and alluded to a nefarious poisoning plot she claims caused
