American blogger, Heather Armstrong has died. She died on May 9, 2023, at the age of 47. She was found dead by apparent suicide by her boyfriend, Pete Ashdown in their shared Salt Lake City home.
Ashdown said of her death’s circumstances: “She had a relapse recently and that’s what spiralled her down. She was sober for over 18 months, then started to sneak back into it. And then in the last month, she went full tilt”.
Armstrong wrote under the pseudonym of Dooce, which came from her inability to spell dude during online chats with her former co-workers quickly.
Armstrong married web designer, Jon Armstrong and returned to Salt Lake City to work as a consultant and designer. Her blog started in 2001, cost Armstrong her job the following year after her termination she continued it, focusing on her parenting struggles and eventually running ads in 2004.
Armstrong was a music columnist and consultant for the Alpha Mom media network. She and her ex-husband ran Armstrong Media, LLC, a web design, advertising and content generation business.