Russell Armstrong's Business Associate Alan Schram Found Dead Day After "Housewives" Husband's Suicide

The untimely death of "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star Taylor Armstrong's husband, Russell Armstrong wasn't the only tragedy to hit the family earlier this month. The day after Armstrong was found dead, having committed suicide by hanging, his friend and business colleague, Alan Schram, was found dead, according to Business Insider.

Schram's body was discovered on August 16 in a vehicle in L.A. with a fatal gunshot wound to the head -- the shot was reportedly self-inflicted, TMZ reports.

But death by suicide wasn't the only thing the men had in common. Both Armstrong and Schram neglected to leave suicide notes. They both were also reportedly members of a "high-net-worth investors" club called Tiger 21, according to Business Insider. Although the deaths have more than a few similarities, it has not yet been determined if the two suicides are related.

Schram was also a contributing blogger to The Huffington Post and in his blogger bio shared that he was the managing partner of the Los Angeles-based hedge fund, Wellcap Partners and was also an officer in the Israeli Air Force as well as a Gulf War veteran.

Many have speculated that Armstrong's suicide may have had something to do with his rocky financial situation, recent divorce filing or negative representation on his estranged wife's "Housewives" reality show, but insights into Schram's suicide are a bit murkier. Although, Schram may have also been embroiled in a financial scandal regarding the accuracy of his alleged academic background.

Click over to Business Insider to get the full story on Schram's misleading academic background that may have had an impact on his untimely death.

Comments

[whoiskidding]

12:00 PM on 09/05/2011

Of course the suicides are related. Just follow the money trail. Chances are, though, that the truth will be covered up.

[ignacio sanabria]

07:23 PM on 09/01/2011

Severe states of hopelessness and despair are the most intense emotions experienced by people who commit suicide. God will have mercy on their souls.

[centertex8]

05:46 PM on 09/01/2011

Taylor looooves all of this attention!

[Michelle Male]

03:26 PM on 09/01/2011

I can't help but wonder if the 2 suicides really are related - maybe Armstrong and his Assoc. had business dealings that were sketchy and they were about to lose their shirts and get caught...? You never know!

[bds6543]

10:10 AM on 09/04/2011

My sentiments exactly!! This is just too "co-incidental".. Something was coming down.. that we don't know about, and it has nothing to do with her "reality" show. I agree totally.

[bigv3999]

02:43 PM on 09/01/2011

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[gandy999]

02:23 PM on 09/01/2011

How is it that this man was an OFFICER IN THE ISRAELI MILITARY AND THEN WAS ALSO IN THE GULF WAR --- what country was he fighting for, ISRAEL OR THE U.S. Sounds very fishy to me but somehow anything this government does with Israel is always ok. Why wasn't he in Israel, just another immigrant who was admitted to this country with open arms, but he is not a person of color so he gets a free pass.

[palmer1619]

01:15 PM on 09/01/2011

There is something seriously wrong with this story. I hope the government is looking into it. This is too weird.

[tyger]

11:38 AM on 09/01/2011

Too suspicious. One suicide is usually not followed by another. No suicide notes by either man also suspicious. Police need to reevaluate these two cases.

[Fractal122635]

11:36 AM on 09/01/2011

Gulf War Veteran AND Israeli Air Force Officer? Not possible. As it seems with Armstrong, I'm guessing there are a lot of lies in that bio.

[MTinMO]

06:07 AM on 09/08/2011

Why not? If he lived in Israel he would have served there and then living in the United States means he could serve in our military too. We have a bunch of non-citizen military members.

[dieselis]

09:10 PM on 09/11/2011

Anyone can serve in the U.S.Armed Forces citizenship isn't a requirement and it's a feather in the cap of immigrants looking to become citizens.

[afranco1980]

11:16 AM on 09/01/2011

It was known in the Los Angeles gay underground that they were both lovers.

[jessicajuliette]

07:47 PM on 08/31/2011

Suicide by Murder?

[caseling]

06:40 PM on 08/31/2011

there

[LXIX WITHU]

02:33 PM on 08/31/2011

Well, shoot! They won't be hanging around together any more.

[Lew-Lew 46]

03:27 PM on 09/01/2011

Boo!

[Lynnette Southwood]

01:38 PM on 08/31/2011

Something was definitely up if both Armstrong and his business partner committed suicide. I wrote a couple of articles about Armstrong but this puts a completely new twist on the dramedy. Very sad...

[sherrala1]

01:53 AM on 09/01/2011

Dramedy? That's usually a mix of comedy and drama...you're not implying that this was in any way funny, are you? I'm hoping this was just a poor attempt on your part to combine the words drama and tragedy...but you're probably going to have to coin a new word since dramedy is already taken.

[Lynnette Southwood]

12:59 PM on 09/01/2011

Actually, dramedy wasn't the word I intended to use, my mind was on an article I was writing. The intended word was 'tragedy' and I don't need to coin a new phrase because I like 'dramedy' and will continue to use the word as part of my vocabulary. I wrote two articles on Russell Armstrong and neither one paints this situation as comedic. It is extremely sad, as I said in the comment I posted.

[Tanrioldu]

12:00 PM on 08/31/2011

I wonder how many people these "hedge fund managers" fleeced out of their money.