Brynn Hartman
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Brynn Hartman (April 11, 1958 – May 28, 1998) was the wife of actor Phil Hartman. She grew up in Thief River Falls, Minnesota. Her birth name was Vicki Omdahl.
Easrly life
Vicki Omdahl was born on April 11 1958, to Donald Gene Omdahl and Constance Faye Omdahl (née Arnold), and had a brother named Gregory.Minor acting career
Hartman acted in small roles on television and film, playing a waitress in the Elijah Wood film North and a Venusian on 3rd Rock from the Sun. She met her husband, actor Phil Hartman, while working as a Catalina swimsuit model. She can also be seen during the early 1990s opening credit sequence of Saturday Night Live, having dinner with Hartman. At the time, Phil's career was near its highest point.
Suicide
In 1998, she killed her husband while he slept and later killed herself with the same gun.Phil Hartman's divorce attorney, Steven Small, stated in a CNN article that Brynn's anger management problems may have contributed to the bloody suicide. According to a 1998 People Online article, Brynn's alcoholism and addiction to cocaine also contributed. Each was unhappy and accused the other of not allowing a divorce.
According to an article on www.FranksReelReviews.com, Brynn combined cocaine, drinking, and Zoloft at the Hollywood restaurant, Buca di Beppo. Small stated that the couple had an argument concerning Brynn's drug addiction and the impending divorce when she returned home, according to an article in PeopleOnline.
Around 2am or 3am, she drove to her friend Ron Douglas's house. She confessed taking drugs to him, but he did not believe her. At 6:20am, she drove back to find Phil dead. At her house with Douglas, Douglas called the police who arrived on the scene to escort their children, Sean Hartman and Birgen Hartman, out of the house, and before they could reach her, she went to the bedroom, shot herself in the head, and died.
External links
- [A CNN account of the death]
- [A CNN article about the reasons behind her actions]
- [Findadeath account of her death]
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