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Call Me by Your Name star Armie Hammer, 36, has misplaced his father, Michael Armand, to most cancers, TMZ reported on Nov. 22. The late businessman handed away on Sunday, sources near the household advised the outlet. Michael, who died on the age of 67, was battling most cancers “for some time” and was buried at Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park, in response to the outlet.
Michael was born on Sept. 8, 1955, in Los Angeles to his mother and father Julian Armand Hammer and Glenna Sue Ervin. He was notably the grandson of Occidental Petroleum founder, Armand Hammer, who died in 1990. At the time of publication, Armie has but to problem a public assertion relating to his father’s passing. HollywoodLife has reached out to Armie’s reps for remark.
In 2020, Armie was quarantined together with his late father alongside together with his ex-wife, Elizabeth Chambers, 40, within the Cayman Islands, per an interview with British GQ. The disgraced actor referred to as the lockdown interval a “very complicated, intense situation” when talking to the outlet two years in the past. “It was a very complicated, intense situation, with big personalities all locked in a little tiny place. It was tough, man. I’d never dealt with anything like that before in my life, so I didn’t have the tools,” Armie mentioned of the COVID-19 lockdown. “It was just this thing that snuck up on everybody. I don’t think I handled it very well.”
The actor, his father, together with the opposite Hammer males of their household had been the middle of the Discovery+ documentary, House of Hammer, which was launched on Sept. 2. The movie takes a have a look at the allegations towards Armie, which embody claims of abuse and rape. Armie’s aunt, Casey Hammer, additionally was featured within the doc, wherein she revealed among the household’s darkish historical past. “When all this came out about Armie, I was not shocked,” she mentioned. “You just don’t wake up and become this dark, controller, abuser. This behavior is deep rooted.”
Since the allegations and the documentary got here to mild, Armie has stored out of the highlight. He and Elizabeth had been married from 2010 till their official divorce in 2020. They share two youngsters: Harper Grace Hammer, 7, and Ford Armand Douglas Hammer, 5. The late Michael was beforehand married to Armie’s mother, Dru Ann Mobley, from 1985 to 2012. He is survived by his most up-to-date spouse, Misty, and different son, Viktor Hammer, 34.