{"id":1864,"date":"2026-02-25T11:13:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T01:13:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhinoeasy.com\/?p=1864"},"modified":"2026-02-25T11:13:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T01:13:17","slug":"the-real-l-word-star-francine-beppu-dead-at-43","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhinoeasy.com\/?p=1864","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The Real L Word&#8217; Star Francine Beppu Dead at 43"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Francine Beppu, who appeared on Showtime\u2019s &#8220;The Real L Word,&#8221; has died at the age of 43.<\/p>\n<p>A family spokesperson tells TMZ she passed away February 17 at her home in Honolulu. The cause of death is not being disclosed at this time.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the family expressed they were &#8220;deeply grateful to know how cherished she was and how brightly she will continue to shine,&#8221; adding they kindly ask for privacy and time as they grieve. Plans for a celebration of life will be announced when the family is ready.<\/p>\n<p>Francine was known for appearing on the &#8220;The Real L Word,\u201d the reality series that followed the lives and relationships of LGBTQ+ women in L.A.<\/p>\n<p>She was 43.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: RhinoEasy News<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Francine Beppu, who appeared on Showtime\u2019s &#8220;The Real L Word,&#8221; has died at the age of 43. A family spokesperson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1863,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhinoeasy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhinoeasy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhinoeasy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhinoeasy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhinoeasy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhinoeasy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1864\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhinoeasy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhinoeasy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhinoeasy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhinoeasy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}