Heather Armstrong, ‘Queen Of Mommy Bloggers,’ Lifeless By Suicide

Heather Armstrong, recognized to many because the “Queen of Mommy Bloggers,” has died by suicide … this based on police, following years of her writing about struggles with alcohol and despair.

In line with a press release from a Salt Lake Metropolis PD spokesperson, cops responded to Heather’s dwelling Tuesday evening and located her useless — the preliminary investigation decided she died by suicide. No different particulars got.

Followers of Heather discovered of the tragic information Wednesday … with a submit on her social media that learn,  “Heather Brooke Hamilton aka Heather B. Armstrong aka dooce aka love of my life. July 19, 1975 – Might 9, 2023.”

It goes on to say, “Maintain your family members shut and love everybody else.” Her boyfriend Pete Ashdown advised the Associated Press she had been sober for 18 months however not too long ago had a relapse.

Heather grew to become a pioneer on this planet of running a blog within the early 2000s … being one of many first “mommy bloggers” together with her web site, dooce.com. She’d usually get candid together with her readers about parenthood, in addition to tougher topics like her despair.

Over time, Heather gained tons of recognition for her bravery — even showing on Oprah Winfrey‘s present and being placed on Forbes’ record of most influential ladies in media. She revealed just a few books as effectively … together with “Issues I Realized About My Dad In Remedy” and “The Valedictorian of Being Lifeless.”

Heather opened up about her psychological well being struggles extra often lately, revealing she joined a medical trial supposed to find out if despair could possibly be handled by going into medically-induced comas.

She shared 2 youngsters had been her ex-husband, Jon — they acquired divorced in 2013. She began courting Pete nearly 6 years in the past.

Heather was 47.

RIP