Dooce.com founder Heather Armstrong, who started one of the first mother blogs, has died at the age of 47, according to an Instagram post on her account.
“Heather Brooke Hamilton aka Heather B. Armstrong aka dooce aka the love of my life. July 19, 1975 — May 9, 2023. ‘It takes an ocean not to break.’ Hold your loved ones close and love everyone else,” the post on Instagram reads.
Leta, 19, and Marlo, 14, as well as her ex-husband Jon Armstrong and her partner Pete Ashdown were left to carry on without her. An inquiry for a remark was not immediately answered by Jon Armstrong. In response to a comment on Instagram questioning the accuracy of the news, he wrote, “Afraid so.” Armstrong’s suicide was confirmed by Ashdown to The Associated Press. He did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Armstrong, formerly known as the “Queen of the Mommy Bloggers,” became well-known when Twitter, TikTok, Instagram, and other social media platforms first came into existence.
She was one of the original “influencers” and set the road for many more women to come after her. She launched a blog in 2001, and due to her candor, she quickly became well-known.
She discussed her experiences having sex and leaving the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, as well as the highs and lows of raising her daughters. In 2009, Armstrong was named by Forbes as one of the most influential women in journalism; at the time, her blog had an average audience of 300,000.
In an April 15, 2012, interview with TODAY’s Savannah Guthrie, Armstrong said she was “really scared” to share the news of her divorce from her husband.
“A lot of people bring their own perspective and experience to something like this, and I didn’t know if talking about it was going to destroy everything,” Armstrong said at the time. “I thought I had to talk about it because I felt inauthentic not to share what was going on because I’ve been so open about my life for almost 11 years.”
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