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| name = Brynn Hartman |
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| birthdate = {{birth date|1958|4|11}} |
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| birthplace = ], ] |
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| deathdate = {{death date and age|1998|5|28|1958|4|11}} |
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| deathplace = ], ] |
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| birthname = Vicki Jo Omdahl |
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| yearsactive = 1994 - 1998 |
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| spouse = ] (1987–1998) |
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| children = Sean Edward Hartman (b.1989) <br> Birgen Anika Hartman (b.1992) |
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'''Brynn Hartman''' (born '''Vicki Jo Omdahl''') (], ] – ], ]) was the wife and murderer of actor and comedian ]. |
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== Early life == |
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Vicki Jo Omdahl was born in ], to Donald Gene Omdahl and Constance Faye Omdahl (née Arnold), and had a brother named Gregory Clark Omdahl and two sisters named Katherine Kelly Omdahl Wright and Debbie Omdahl Borreson. On ], ], she married Phil Hartman. They had two children: Sean Edward Hartman (born 1989) and Birgen Hartman (born 1992). Both children are currently being raised by her sister Katherine and Katherine's husband Michael Wright in ]. |
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== Minor acting career == |
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Hartman acted in small roles on television and film, playing a waitress in the ] film '']'' and a ] on '']''. She met her husband while working as a Catalina swimsuit model. She can also be seen during the early 1990s opening credit sequence of '']'', having dinner with Hartman (her back to the camera). |
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==Murder of Phil Hartman and suicide== |
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On ], ], she killed her husband in his sleep, shooting him three times with a ]. Around 2am or 3am, she drove to her friend Ron Douglas' house, and confessed, but he did not believe her. At 6:20am, the two of them drove back to the Hartman home where Douglas discovered the body. Douglas subsequently called the police, who arrived on the scene to escort the two children out of the house. Before the police attended to her, Hartman went back into the bedroom and killed herself with a second revolver, shooting herself in the right eye. She was 40 years old. |
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Phil Hartman's divorce attorney, Steven Small, stated in a ] article that Brynn's anger management problems may have contributed to the murder/suicide. In a 1998 '']'' article, Small also stated that the couple argued over her ], her addiction to ] and the impending divorce. Each was unhappy and accused the other of not allowing a divorce. According to an article on the website FranksReelReviews.com, she combined cocaine, alcohol, and ] at the ] restaurant ] the night of the murder/suicide. |
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Phil Hartman's friend and colleague ] claims that Brynn Hartman had been sober for 10 years until five months before the murder, when comedian ] reintroduced her to cocaine, which apparently spiraled downward into the eventual murder/suicide.<ref>http://entertainment.bodogbeat.com/jon-lovitz-opens-can-of-whoop-ass-on-andy-dick-85451.html</ref> |
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==External links== |
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*{{imdb name|id=0366923|name=Brynn Hartman}} |
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