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‘Queen of Mommy Bloggers’ Heather Armstrong dies at 47

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Heather Armstrong, a pioneering blogger who transformed women’s media and altered the public perception of motherhood, died this week at the age of 47.

Armstrong, who also went by her maiden name, Heather Hamilton, died by suicide, her boyfriend, Pete Ashdown, said. He told the Associated Press that he found her at their Salt Lake City home on Tuesday night.

Ashdown said Armstrong had recently relapsed into alcoholism after remaining sober

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