Who was Heather Armstrong and what was her cause of death?

Heather Armstrong was an American blogger from Salt Lake City, Utah.

She was pinned the “queen of the mommy bloggers.”

On May 9, 2023, the 47-year-old writer died in her Salt Lake City, Utah, home.

Read on to learn more Heather Armstrong a.k.a Dooce , what happened to her, and what was the cause of her death, Heather Armstrong obituary and more.

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Who was Heather Armstrong?

Heather Armstrong was born on July 19, 1975, as Heather Brooke Hamilton.

She used her married name for much of her successful career and often “wrote of the liberation she felt leaving her parents’ Mormonism behind, of sex and caffeine, of dating and work,” as per The New York Times.

The blogger – known under the pseudonym “Dooce” – was also candid about her reality and often wrote of her struggles with severe depression and alcoholism.

According to Variety: “As blogs became a popular form of media, dooce.com reportedly reached more than 8 million viewers a month and earned her more than $100,000 a year from ads on the blog.”

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When did Heather Armstrong start blogging?

Armstrong started the blog, Dooce.com, back in 2001.

Her sharp and witty blog entries helped her gain massive fame, as she was even featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show and named one of Forbes’ 30 most influential women in media in 2009.

“I looked at myself as someone who happened to be able to talk about parenthood in a way many women wanted to be able to but were afraid to,” Armstrong told Vox in a 2019 interview.

However, in 2012, her career started to deteriorate as blogging became less popular and social media influencers started to take over the internet.

At the time, Armstrong was also in the middle of a divorce from her ex-husband, Jon, leaving her in a fragile mental state.

“I was feeling like life was not meant to be lived,” Armstrong told the outlet.

“When you are that desperate, you will try anything. I thought my kids deserved to have a happy, healthy mother, and I needed to know that I had tried all options to be that for them.”

The mother of two was referring to her enrollment in a clinical trial at the University of Utah’s Neuropsychiatric Institute, back in March 2017.

In the midst of her mental health struggles, Armstrong was not willing to give up on her style of writing.

“Being an influencer today means sharing picture-perfect moments, and that is not what I signed up for,” she told Vox at the time.

“Mommy blogging is dead, and I think most of my colleagues would agree.”

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Heather Armstrong death

Heather Armstrong cause of death

Unfortunately, on May 10, 2023, it was revealed via Instagram that Heather Armstrong had died.

“Heather Brooke Hamilton aka Heather B. Armstrong aka dooce aka love of my life. July 19, 1975 – May 9, 2023,” the post reads.

‘It takes an ocean not to break.’ Hold your loved ones close and love everyone else.”

Armstrong’s boyfriend and former US Senate candidate, Pete Ashdown, told the Associated Press that she died by suicide.

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