{"id":2178100,"date":"2025-11-26T20:26:52","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T20:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2178100"},"modified":"2025-11-26T20:26:52","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T20:26:52","slug":"celeb-stylist-christopher-jon-hopkins-found-dead-in-pool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/celeb-stylist-christopher-jon-hopkins-found-dead-in-pool\/","title":{"rendered":"Celeb stylist Christopher Jon Hopkins found dead in pool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A popular celebrity makeover stylist who appeared on \u201cThe Oprah Winfrey Show\u201d was reportedly found dead in the rooftop pool of a posh Minneapolis high-rise.<\/p>\n<p>Christopher Jon Hopkins, 61, known as \u201cThe Makeover Guy,\u201d was discovered unresponsive in the 33rd-floor pool of the Churchill apartments around 10:20 p.m. Saturday, according to his husband of 37 years, the Star Tribune reported.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter 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third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A popular celebrity makeover stylist who appeared on \u201cThe Oprah Winfrey Show\u201d was reportedly found dead in the rooftop pool of a posh Minneapolis high-rise. 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