This Article is From Aug 17, 2011

Husband of `Real Housewives' star Armstrong found dead

Highlights

  • The estranged husband of Taylor Armstrong was discovered in his bedroom at his home on Mulholland Drive in Los Angeles on the night of August 15, after an apparent suicide.
  • A spokesperson for the Los Angeles Police Department told UsMagazine.com the 47-year-old man was "found dead from an apparent hanging in a residence on Mulholland Drive".
  • Taylor – who had five-year-old daughter Kennedy with Russell – filed for divorce from him last year after six years of marriage.
  • The couples struggles were aired on the Bravo reality TV show - and earlier this month the 40-year-old beauty explained it had been an "emotional" year.
  • She said: "Unfortunately for me this year, there were a lot more tears, a lot more pain. It's been such an emotional ride this year."
  • But Russell's ex-wife Barbara Frederickson - who he had 13-year-old son Aiden with - blames Taylor for the reality star's plight.
  • She told RadarOnline.com: "I don’t care for her at all. I think she’s the reason for this. “She’s not who she says she is and I told him to please be careful with this woman... I warned him! She’s bad news and she drove him into this.”
New Delhi: The estranged husband of Taylor Armstrong was discovered in his bedroom at his home on Mulholland Drive in Los Angeles on the night of August 15, after an apparent suicide.

A spokesperson for the Los Angeles Police Department told UsMagazine.com the 47-year-old man was "found dead from an apparent hanging in a residence on Mulholland Drive".

Taylor - who had five-year-old daughter Kennedy with Russell - filed for divorce from him last year after six years of marriage.

The couples struggles were aired on the Bravo reality TV show - and earlier this month the 40-year-old beauty explained it had been an "emotional" year.

She said: "Unfortunately for me this year, there were a lot more tears, a lot more pain. It's been such an emotional ride this year."

But Russell's ex-wife Barbara Frederickson - who he had 13-year-old son Aiden with - blames Taylor for the reality star's plight.

She told RadarOnline.com: "I don't care for her at all. I think she's the reason for this."She's not who she says she is and I told him to please be careful with this woman... I warned him! She's bad news and she drove him into this."

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