Cindyana Santangelo, actor and model who lived the 'party rock star life' before getting sober, has died

Cindyana Santangelo, a philanthropist, exemplary and histrion who made memorable appearances successful euphony videos for Young MC and Jane’s Addiction and had roles successful “ER” and “CSI: Miami,” died Monday astatine a infirmary adjacent her Malibu home, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department confirmed to The Times.

The Los Angeles County Fire Department was called to a location connected Westlake Boulevard successful Malibu for a aesculapian exigency astir 7:15 p.m. Monday, the sheriff’s section said successful an alert. She was taken by paramedics to a infirmary wherever she was pronounced dead. The origin of decease is unknown; an autopsy is pending. Sheriff’s homicide investigators are assisting deputies from the Los Hills Sheriff’s Station with the continuing investigation, arsenic is regular erstwhile the origin of decease is unknown.

Born Cindy Lehrer successful 1967 successful Manhattan, per IMDb, she was raised successful Los Angeles. She started retired arsenic a dancer, appearing successful assorted euphony videos successful the precocious 1980s and aboriginal 1990s, including Young MC’s “Bust a Move” video. She besides delivered the Spanish-language instauration to the “Juana’s Adicción” tune “Stop” successful a Jane’s Addiction video, starring frontman Perry Farrell to aboriginal picture her to Spin mag arsenic “the Latin Marilyn Monroe.”

As Cindyana Lair, she appeared connected “Married ... With Children” arsenic Jiggly Room dancer Sierra Madre.

She joined Frank Santangelo successful 2001 and was the parent of 2 boys. Her LinkedIn leafage lists her arsenic the manager and main enforcement of Mermaids Cove Malibu, described arsenic an all-women’s luxury sober surviving facility. In what look to beryllium documentary oregon reality-show promos based connected Mermaids Cove, Santangelo described herself portion discussing wherefore she chose to assistance others.

“I’m Cindyana. I’m a large mommy, a wife, a daughter, a friend, a CEO — and a recovering addict,” she says successful 1 video, adding later, “I had benignant of the enactment stone prima life, but I ended up arsenic benignant of, everybody knows, a low-bottom junkie.

“When I had the blessing to get cleanable and sober this time,” she says, “I realized that determination was a niche successful this marketplace of betterment for radical similar me. That idiosyncratic similar maine could interaction lone a definite ilk of women, that they would judge it and perceive it lone from me.”

Santangelo spoke with The Times successful 2008 erstwhile she was offering up what was past her location successful Malibu Cove Colony arsenic an August rental, asking $55,000 per month. Regis Philbin and his wife, Joy, were interested, she said astatine the time.

Cindyana Santangelo sits successful the ocean-view superior chamber of her Malibu Cove Colony location successful 2008.

(Los Angeles Times)

Santangelo’s friends remembered her online Tuesday and Wednesday.

“My bosom aches arsenic I constitute this. I’m inactive successful daze and disbelief. How tin you beryllium gone??? ... Malibu was your paradise, wherever your psyche danced with the tides and your laughter blended with the dependable of the waves,” Cynthia Banuelos wrote connected Instagram successful a station mourning Santangelo’s passing. “You had a bosom arsenic immense arsenic the ocean, a tone arsenic escaped arsenic the wind, and a emotion that ran deeper than the bluish depths you adored. Frank and the Boys (Dante & Lucci), were your crushed for living.”

“Swim free, my beauteous mermaid. Until we conscionable again,” she added.

“Head of the Class” histrion Kimberly Russell chimed successful connected Banuelos’ post, penning successful comments, “my beauteous Cindyana …. an angel successful beingness …. this is shocking remainder successful bid …”

“No nary no! This is impossible,” German histrion Xenia Seeberg wrote successful comments. “We conscionable spoke a fewer days agone and planned unneurotic for Thailand and Istanbul and however we would spot each different again overmuch much often…! I americium successful implicit shock. What happened to my beauteous sister??? Much excessively aboriginal to remainder successful peace.”

“I americium devastated of this horrific news,” Samantha Bennington, woman of the precocious Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington, said successful comments. “We were conscionable astir to observe her for her birthday!!!! This is simply a immense loss, not lone for america arsenic her household and friends, but for the full community!!!! You volition everlastingly beryllium successful our hearts and we’re present for you each Frank and the kids. We are present for you.”

Bennington besides enactment up her ain Instagram station wherever she thanked Santangelo, saying, “you wrapped your arms astir maine and accepted maine and loved connected maine arsenic a person the precise archetypal infinitesimal you met maine I’ll ne'er hide you for welcoming maine into your people ... heartbroken.”