Tributes pour in as parenting blogger Heather Armstrong dies age 47
ok.co.uk"Mommy blogging Queen" Heather Armstrong - who rose to fame in the 00s with her illustrious parenting website Dooce - has sadly died, age 47.The US-born Internet sensation was widely adored by millions across the globe, who found the frank and reassuring documenting of her own struggles with parenthood and mental health to be a comfort in their own lives.
Heather's partner Pete Ashdown told the Associated Press that she had died by suicide. He discovered her body on Tuesday evening at their family home in Utah.
She is survived by him, her ex-husband Jon, her daughter Leta, 19, her son Marlo, 14, and Ashdown, as well as his three children from a previous marriage.Tributes have since began pouring in for the online star - who was touted as the "Queen of Mommy Blogging" - including from fellow blogger Jenny Lawson. "I don't have the words except to say that I'm holding her family in the light," she wrote.
American shopping blogger Kate Cartia also took to Instagram to say: "This is shattering.Thank you for making me want to write, Heather." Parenthood blogger Elizabeth Larson added: "Wow, I am so sad.
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