Armie Hammer’s Father Dies At 67

Michael Armand Hammer, a trade govt and father of disgraced actor Armie Hammer, died Sunday from most cancers, his circle of relatives mentioned. He used to be 67.

“Michael Hammer has kicked the bucket after an extended, arduous struggle with most cancers and is now at peace,” a circle of relatives consultant mentioned in a commentary Tuesday.

Hammer made headlines when “Space of Hammer” premiered on Discovery+ in September. The documentary sequence targeted at the lifetime of his son, who used to be accused of a number of sexual attacks over the former two years, and in addition explored the circle of relatives historical past.

Hammer used to be inheritor to a massive fortune from his past due grandfather, the industrialist Armand Hammer, who began Occidental Petroleum. His sister Casey, additionally featured in “Space of Hammer,” mentioned lots of the $40 million property went to him.

“Enlarge ‘Succession’ 1,000,000 occasions and it used to be my circle of relatives,” Casey Hammer mentioned within the documentary sequence.

Casey Hammer, who consulted at the sequence, alleged in her self-published 2015 guide “Surviving My Birthright” that their father, Julian Hammer, sexually abused her as a kid, in keeping with The Los Angeles Instances.

She additionally alleged her father and brother fired weapons at her and bodily abused her mom, Glenna Hammer.

Michael Hammer used to be at a luxurious villa within the Cayman Islands when the COVID-19 pandemic started — and used to be locked down along with his spouse Misty, son Armie and Armie’s spouse and youngsters.

“It used to be an excessively sophisticated, intense state of affairs, with giant personalities all locked in just a little tiny position,” Armie Hammer informed GQ. “I believe, to be somewhat frank, I got here very with regards to utterly shedding my thoughts. … I felt so intensely trapped, like a wolf who were given stuck in a snare and needs to chunk his personal foot off.”

Armie Hammer has been accused by several women of sexual abuse.
Armie Hammer has been accused via a number of girls of sexual abuse.

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Hammer’s survivors additionally come with a more youthful son, Viktor Hammer, shared with ex-wife Dru Ann Mobley, who is also Armie Hammer’s mom.