Spiderman Actress Fought With Lover Before Suicide

By Mary Papenfuss, Newser Staff

Posted May 24, 2009 7:55 AM CDT

(Newser) – British Spiderman actress Lucy Gordon had a loud row with her older lover before she hanged herself in their Paris apartment last week, neighbors told the Daily Mail. Boyfriend and cinematographer Jerome Almeras was sleeping in bed following the argument when Gordon, 28, killed herself. He discovered her body, cut her down and raced into the street for help. She had recently told a friend she was completely besotted with the father of four.

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Briti9sh actress Lucy Gordon poses for photos at the 2007 New YOrk premiere of Spider-Man 3. She was found hanged in her Paris apartment last week. (AP Photo/Jennifer Graylock, File)

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She said he was in his 40s and had four children. I wondered, is he still with the mother of his children, is he divorced? Lucy didn’t say. She was just very excited. - A New York friend of actress Lucy Gordon

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