The death of 47-year-old Russell Armstrong was on the gallows and not found note, Los Angeles County Coroner Assistant Chief Ed Winter said. Armstrong, who married "Women" Armstrong Taylor, was pronounced dead at 8:16 pm on Monday in a house on Mulholland Drive, Winter said.
Bravo, home of the reality franchise "Real Housewives" he said in a statement Tuesday that "all of us at Bravo are deeply saddened by this tragic news. Our sympathies and thoughts are with the Armstrong family at this difficult time."
Russell Armstrong was an investment banker and venture capital. His relationship with his wife was a big part of the drama in the first season of "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills", which overlooks the privileged life of six women living in the upscale neighborhood.
Armstrong appeared in several episodes, accompanying Taylor's wife to events. They often discussed the problems of relationship with other women in the program, which debuted last fall.
In February, she wrote on her website that she and her husband "is working on our communication and spend more time together. Without our Blackberrys" and that "the show that gave us a call for attention and why we are grateful."
The second season is scheduled to begin September 5. In the first episode, recorded months ago, Taylor Armstrong said that the other housewives she and her husband go to therapy.
Later, she breaks to mourn at a party when one of the husbands of other women would say that therapy is a sign of weakness. She also shown shopping for undergarments to help spice up your marriage.
Bravo provided an advance copy of the first episode to the press last week.
Court records show Taylor Armstrong filed for divorce July 15 in Los Angeles. Russell Armstrong had not yet responded to your request.
The couple was sued last month, 1.5 million dollars for a company that claims the pair diverted investors' money to promote their lavish lifestyle, including new decoration of his mansion.
The complaint stated Russell Armstrong has been shown to be a successful venture capitalist who said he had gained 2 billion for various entities.
Her publicist, Rebekah Iliff said he was the founder and CEO of Crescent Financial Partners. He also confirmed that the couple was in the midst of a divorce.
The problems of the relationship is set to be part of the second season of the show, housewives, said teammate Kyle Richards and Camille Grammar, whose divorce from her former husband Kelsey Grammar plays in the first season of the show.
Richards said in an interview last month that viewers could expect to see "the situation in Taylor, just watch it unravel, and is a very emotional issue. A very difficult issue"
Richards and Grammar said he was not surprised that Taylor Armstrong filed for divorce.
"I think we all saw in the first season were not exactly a match made in heaven," Richards said.
Taylor Armstrong often complained to his fellow cast members who felt abandoned by her husband. She says on her website that she met him in 2004, and court documents were married in 2005.
