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Diamond’s Cause of Death Revealed
Lynnette Hardaway, aka Diamond (left), with her sister Herneitha Rochelle Hardaway Richardson, aka Silk (right)
Ineitha Lynette Hardaway, AKA, “Diamond” passed away at her home earlier this month. She was 51.
President Trump received a standing ovation at Diamond’s memorial service in North Carolina over the weekend.
Lynette Hardaway, a zealous supporter of former President Donald Trump whose death had prompted widespread speculation over its cause, died earlier this month of a heart condition, according to a death certificate obtained Monday by The Associated Press.
The cause of Hardaway’s death, which was not released by the family, had become a topic of widespread speculation. 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.
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.