On the night of June 18, 1984, the Actress was found unconscious in the home she shared with her boyfriend, Archie Hahn. She was taken to UCLA Medical Center (now Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center), where she remained on a life-support system until June 19, when she was declared clinically dead. Without any hope of her mental recovery, her family agreed to take her off the respirator. Johnson had suffered a burst blood vessel in her brain. Sunny Johnson was 30 years of age at the time of her death.