'Real Housewives' Taylor Armstrong 'Hysterical' After Estranged Husband's Suicide
Aug. 16 2011, Published 11:00 a.m. ET
By Jen Heger - RadarOnline.com Legal Editor
Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Taylor Armstrong is beside herself with grief that her estranged husband Russell Armstrong killed himself RadarOnline.com is exclusively reporting.
Russell was found hanging in the bedroom of a friends home in Los Angeles Monday night and was pronounced dead at the scene. He was 47.
Taylor "has been up all night. She is hysterical, and can barely speak. She has no idea why Russell would do this. She doesn't know how she is going to be able to tell her daughter, Kennedy," a source close to the situation tells us exclusively.
Taylor had recently filed for divorce, and their marriage had been in trouble for some time.
The upcoming season of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills was going to feature the former couple going to marriage counseling in an attempt to save their marriage.
No word on if Bravo plans on airing those sessions in light of his tragic death.
Russell had "been dealing with a lot of financial stress in recent months," our insider tells us.
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