Heather Armstrong, blogger and force behind Dooce.com, dies aged 47

One of the first and most popular mommy bloggers, she wrote frankly about her children, relationships and other challenges

The pioneering mommy blogger Heather Armstrong, who laid bare her struggles as a mother and her battles with depression and alcoholism on her site Dooce.com and on social media, has died at 47.

Armstrong died by suicide, her boyfriend Pete Ashdown told the Associated Press, saying he found her Tuesday night at their Salt Lake City home.