Beloved Influencer Dominique Brown, 34, Dies of Meals Allergy at Business Occasion

UPDATE: 12/7/24, 5:20 p.m. ET — “We’re devastated by the passing of Dominique Brown, a beloved member of the BoxLunch Collective, who suffered a medical emergency at an occasion hosted by BoxLunch Thursday in Los Angeles,” BoxLunch informed Us Weekly in an announcement. “Our hearts exit to her household and pals, and we’ll do all the pieces we are able to to help them and the members of the BoxLunch Collective and our group throughout this painful time.”

A supply tells Us that 911 was referred to as instantly and the corporate had beforehand communicated allergy symptoms of visitors to the venue. BoxLunch is providing grief counseling for each staffers and the BoxLunch Collective (the group of influencers they work with frequently, of which Brown was a member). The corporate is conducting an unbiased investigation into the incident.

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Influencer Dominique Brown died on Thursday, December 5 at an trade occasion attributable to a extreme allergic response. She was 34.

Information of Brown’s dying unfold after a BoxLunch occasion the place attendees say she reportedly died after unknowingly consuming meals to which she was allergic. The occasion was hosted by BoxLunch, and multiple social media influencers stated via X that occasion hosts had been knowledgeable of Brown’s allergy.

Us Weekly has reached out to BoxLunch for remark. Brown, a California resident, was a Disney-inspired influencer beneath the display identify HellooDomo. She cocreated BlackGirlDisney in 2018 with Mia Von after noticing an absence of illustration within the Disney influencer house, making a welcoming group for ladies of coloration who love the model’s movies and theme parks.

Her brother took to the feedback of her final Instagram post to thank her followers. “Hello everybody, that is @pramos313 – Dominique’s brother,” he wrote on Friday, December 6. “I wished to take a a second to say thanks to her social media fam for displaying her a lot love and light-weight. Disney did carry her pleasure, but it surely was unparalleled that she discovered a group who liked her and Disney as a lot as she did. I’ll miss my sister and greatest good friend and that infectious smile she at all times had. Thanks, really, from the underside of my coronary heart. ❤️🥺.”

A number of Disney influencers mourned Brown within the replies to her final video with many praising her heat, pleasant nature and her efforts to create a secure and supportive group.

“The kindest most real individual on this group …we’ll miss you Domo💛,” Tatiana Kelley, who posts as Dapper on the Daily, wrote. “Thanks for touching our lives together with your pleasure & wit & for being so extremely welcoming to us all🤍🕊️.”

Katy Lane, A.Ok.A. Main St Muse, commented, “I’m so pleased I acquired to hug you final week. Your positivity and keenness for all times will at all times encourage me ❤️ you had been and can proceed to be the nice on the planet Dom.”

Andrea Pugh Kelley shared a number of tributes by way of Instagram Story, writing, partially, “My lady constructed this group and impressed so many others. And I’ll by no means let anybody overlook that.”

“Kicks on the Citadel,” a Disney sneaker podcast, shared a tribute as properly, saying it was Brown’s “heat and pleasure that actually stole the present.”

“Our hearts exit to her household and particularly to our brother Zay,” the tribute learn. “The love and pleasure the 2 of you shared was nothing wanting a Disney fairytale—a narrative of favor, happiness, and inspiration for all who knew you.”

Isaiah Campbell, who’s a member of Kicks on the Citadel, replied, “😣😫😭 I like you all a lot thanks for all the type phrases and help that is gonna be such a tuff street for me however I’m pleased I’ve a group to again me each step of the best way we love you Dominique 🤎🕊️.”

On his Instagram story, he confirmed a number of images of himself and Brown in one another’s arms with the caption, “I’ll at all times love you Dominique Brown. Thanks for the time I acquired to spend with you and the enjoyment you gave me and others.”