TRAGIC END
Masuimi Max dead at 45: Playboy model & actress who starred alongside Samuel L. Jackson and Ice Cube mourned after death
Police rushed to the star's home on Thursday
FORMER Playboy model Masuimi Max has died at the age of 45, according to reports.
News of her death emerged on Thursday after police were called to her Las Vegas home at around 8:30 am.
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Details surrounding the circumstances of Masuimi Max's death have not yet been released.
While police do not suspect foul play, they are investigating the tragedy, TMZ reported.
The model and actress had a successful career spanning two decades and appeared in numerous publications beginning in 2000, including Bizarre Magazine, Maxim, and Playboy.
Masuimi Max was spotted at multiple Playboy events at the mansion during the late 2000s.
The alternative pin-up star also got into acting and appeared in movies like Cornman: American Vegetable Hero and Giantess Battle Attack.
Masuimi Max also had an uncredited role in xXx: State of the Union.
She played rapper Xzibit's girlfriend and starred alongside actors Samuel L. Jackson and Ice Cube.
MULTI-TALENTED STAR
More recently, she had been focusing on alternative modeling with horror and cabaret shows and YouTube videos.
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She had more than 300,000 Instagram followers at the time of her death.
Masuimi Max last posted on the platform in October, when she shared a video of herself in an all-leather ensemble that showed off her figure and tattoos.
An earlier video showed her performing a daring stunt with fire as she promoted a show in Vegas.
She posted to Facebook on January 15, with the model seeming to be in good spirits.
"I woke up to pee... ended up baking a cake at 4 am. Didn't have icing so I used peanut butter for the bottom layer and hazelnut spread for the top," she wrote in the now tragic post.
"The bottom layer was a little wet in the middle, despite using the toothpick to check. I found out when I flipped it over, so I microwaved it for a couple mins.
"I was going to have cake no matter what, lol."
'REST IN POWER'
Paying tribute to the model, Max's ex-husband, Morat, said he is "utterly heartbroken" by her death.
"We'd been through some tough times but we were supposed to grow old together," he wrote alongside a picture of them kissing on Instagram.
"I will love you always and forever."
Devastated fans also shared their condolences on social media.
"Rest well @masuimimax - You were always amazing to me and brought more smiles than I can ever recall," one person wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.
"You loved Ricky Bobby too and that always meant a lot to me. Hope he gives you the biggest kiss..
"RIP Masuimi Max," another fan said.
"She was someone who I learned of her work in my early 20s. She created such incredible art and was outstanding in her beauty and may she rest in power."
Writer Shane Bitterling-lebells, who knew the model well, described how great Max was to work with.
"I'm hearing that one of my favorite people to work with, Masuimi Max, has died," he wrote.
"I'm hoping this isn't true. Always prepared, dedicated, professional, and fun. Trailblazing and innovative. And man, just cool. She was a true trailblazer and innovative," he wrote on his platform.
The U.S. Sun has contacted Las Vegas Police Department for comment.
SECOND PLAYBOY MODEL'S DEATH
News of Masuimi Max's death came just hours after it emerged that another model who posed for Playboy had died.
Jesse Jane, 43, and her boyfriend, Brett Hasenmueller, were found dead inside a home in Moore, Oklahoma, about 11 miles south of Oklahoma City, on Wednesday.
Cops discovered their bodies after Hasenmueller's employer called police to conduct a welfare check at the home after not hearing from him in a few days.
A cause of death has not been released, however, sources told TMZ that the pair may have died from a drug overdose.
Jane, born Cindy Taylor, was widely known in the porn industry during the early 2000s.
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She signed her first major adult film contract with Digital Playground in 2002 and eventually made her way to Playboy.
She served as a host for the popular live show Night Calls and hosting Play TV's Naughty Amateur Home Videos.
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