Fond Farewell: Stars We Lost in 2011

Venture capitalist Russell Armstrong -- who also starred on Bravo's "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" -- tragically took his own life on August 16. At the time of his death, Armstrong, 47, was $1.5 million in debt and his estranged wife Taylor had recently filed for divorce after six years of marriage. Could the pressures of putting his life on display for all the world to see have pushed him to the brink? "It got really overwhelming," ... more 

Venture capitalist Russell Armstrong -- who also starred on Bravo's "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" -- tragically took his own life on August 16. At the time of his death, Armstrong, 47, was $1.5 million in debt and his estranged wife Taylor had recently filed for divorce after six years of marriage. Could the pressures of putting his life on display for all the world to see have pushed him to the brink? "It got really overwhelming," Russell told People just weeks before his death. "When you get a TV show involved and all the pressure, it just takes it to a whole new level. We were pushed to extremes." less