Mommy blogger Heather Armstrong dies at 47

Heather Armstrong, 47, died Tuesday in Salt Lake City.

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Armstrong's boyfriend, Pete Ashdown, told The Associated Press the cause of death was suicide.

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Heather Armstrong, 47, is the founder of Dooce.com, one of the hottest mommy blogs.

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Armstrong started his blog in 2001 while working at a tech start-up.

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Not long after Armstrong, she became pregnant with their first child.

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Armstrong wrote about parenting and relationships and later on divorce, alcoholism, and mental illness.

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At the peak of Armstrong's blog, there were more than 8 million monthly readers.

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The AP Report and The New York Times Magazine crowned Armstrong the "Queen of the Mommy Bloggers".

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