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"&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;img alt=\"Russell Armstrong Dead\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2011/08/16/0816-russell-armstrong-ex.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/person/russell-armstrong\"&gt;Russell Armstrong&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, the estranged husband of \"&lt;strong&gt;Real Housewives of Beverly Hills&lt;/strong&gt;\" star &lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/person/taylor-armstrong\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Taylor Armstrong&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, was found dead of an apparent suicide ... sources tell TMZ.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;br /&gt;Our sources say Armstrong hanged himself. He was found hanging in his bedroom on Mulholland Drive.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We're told L.A. City Fire Department arrived at his home and pronounced him dead at 8:16 PM Monday. Sources say a roommate found Russell and called 911.&amp;#160; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We're told authorities have not found a suicide note.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Taylor &lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2011/07/15/taylor-armstrong-divorce-file-real-housewives-of-beverly-hills-russell-armstrong/\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;filed for divorce last month&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, after she claimed Russell physically abused her.&amp;#160; We're told authorities informed her of Russell's death last night.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He was 47 years old.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Story developing ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt=\"update_bar\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2011/08/09/update-bar.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong style=\"color: #cf0000;\"&gt;8:13 AM:&lt;/strong&gt; Bravo and the cast of \"Real Housewives\" were unaware of Russell's death. &lt;strong&gt;Kyle Richards &lt;/strong&gt;was distraught when she saw the TMZ post, and &lt;strong&gt;Lisa Vanderpump&lt;/strong&gt; was speechless.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong style=\"color: #cf0000;\"&gt;9:29 AM: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;A rep for Bravo tells TMZ, &amp;#8220;All of us at Bravo are deeply saddened by this tragic news. Our sympathy and thoughts are with the Armstrong family at this difficult time.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong style=\"color: #cf0000;\"&gt;9:35 AM: &lt;/strong&gt; Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... no drugs or alcohol were found in the bedroom where Russell died.&amp;#160; He was fully clothed when his body was discovered.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.tmz.com/photos/2011/08/16/3913-remembering-russell-armstrong\"&gt;&lt;img alt=\"Russell Armstrong Death\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2011/08/16/0816-russell-armstrong-footer.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--INFOLINKS_OFF--&gt;\n&lt;div class=\"hideplaybutton\"&gt;&lt;img alt=\"0816_russell_twitter_memorial\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2011/08/16/0816-russell-twitter-memorial.jpg\" /&gt; &lt;img alt=\"0816_camille_grammer_memorial\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2011/08/16/0816-camille-grammer-memorial.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;img alt=\"0816_adrienne_maloof_memorial\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2011/08/16/0816-adrienne-maloof-memorial.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;img alt=\"0816_andy_choen_memorial\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2011/08/16/0816-andy-choen-memorial.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;\n&lt;br /&gt;\n&lt;div class=\"hideplaybutton\"&gt;&lt;a style=\"font-size: 16px;\" href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2011/08/16/real-housewives-russell-armstrong-dead-dies-suicide-dies-hang-taylor-armstrong/?adid=morecomments\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Click to read the rest ...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--INFOLINKS_OFF--&gt; &lt;img alt=\"0816_russell_twitter_memorial\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2011/08/16/0816-russell-twitter-memorial.jpg\" /&gt; &lt;img alt=\"0816_camille_grammer_memorial\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2011/08/16/0816-camille-grammer-memorial.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;img alt=\"0816_adrienne_maloof_memorial\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2011/08/16/0816-adrienne-maloof-memorial.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;img alt=\"0816_andy_choen_memorial\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2011/08/16/0816-andy-choen-memorial.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;img alt=\"0816_countess_memorial\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2011/08/16/0816-countess-memorial.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;img alt=\"0816_danielle_staub_memorial\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2011/08/16/0816-danielle-staub-memorial.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt=\"0816_nene_leakes_memorial\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2011/08/16/0816-nene-leakes-memorial.jpg\" /&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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