{"id":953500,"date":"2026-10-31T19:42:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T19:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/953500\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T19:42:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T19:42:11","slug":"johnny-lopez-beloved-former-tmz-writer-dead-at-55","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/953500\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnny Lopez, Beloved Former TMZ Writer, Dead at 55"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Johnny Lopez<br \/>\n                          Beloved Former TMZ Writer Dead at 55<\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                        Published<br \/>\n                              October 31, 2026<br \/>\n                            9:00 AM PDT\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20261030_7d3cc34f0f12483c9dc65be0c59543a8\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:55921791-df07-4b81-9720-6b128695c61a\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/7d3cc34f0f12483c9dc65be0c59543a8_md.jpg\" alt=\"Johnny Lopez 2\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Johnny Lopez, one of the brilliant writers who helped launch TMZ.com and shape the irreverent, hilarious voice that became synonymous with the site, has died.<\/p>\n<p>Johnny was there in TMZ&#8217;s early days and was instrumental in developing the unique tone that set the site apart.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20261030_de9b97ccc20f41d994fce6d860017234\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:55921791-df07-4b81-9720-6b128695c61a\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/de9b97ccc20f41d994fce6d860017234_md.jpg\" alt=\"Johnny Lopez 3\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>He was a beloved member of the TMZ family, someone whose personality was every bit as memorable as the stories he wrote.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Johnny created many of the franchises on the site that we still use today&#8230; such as &#8216;Memba Them?, &#8216;Who&#8217;d You Rather&#8217;, &#8216;Good Genes, Good Docs?&#8217; and &#8216;We&#8217;re Just Sayin&#8217;.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Johnny also worked for Access Hollywood, Queerty, People, Outsports and Dish Nation. He was also a passionate advocate for LGBTQ rights &#8230; and a die-hard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/madonna\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Madonna<\/a> fan.<\/p>\n<p>            Play video content<\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/873ea7cda441485e9927ce1155e6b399_md.jpg\" alt=\"103026_Johnny_Lopez_sub_2363170\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Men&#8217;s Health Foundation was a cause close to Johnny\u2019s heart. Those wishing to honor his memory can make a donation to the organization <a href=\"https:\/\/www.menshealthfound.org\/donate?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He will be deeply missed.<\/p>\n<p>Johnny was 55.<\/p>\n<p>RIP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Johnny Lopez Beloved Former TMZ Writer Dead at 55 Published October 31, 2026 9:00 AM PDT Johnny Lopez,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":953501,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[49,48,75,44,82,865,866],"class_list":["post-953500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-news","tag-sports","tag-sports-news","tag-tmz-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/953500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=953500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/953500\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/953501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=953500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=953500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=953500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}