Ian Armitage
Deceased
Actor History
Will Kempe (February 1997 to February 1998)
Lifeline
Died on 12 February 1998.
Cause of Death
Died in a plane crash when the wings iced over.
Former Occupation
Owner of Armitage Enterprises (after Guy Armitage's death)
Manager of Armitage Enterprises North American operations
Former Residence
The Palace Hotel
Marital Status at Death
Single
Past Marriages
None
Relatives
John Carpenter (father; deceased)
Eleanor Armitage (mother)
Maggie Carpenter (sister; twin)
Mark Carpenter (paternal half-brother; deceased)
Sloan Carpenter (paternal uncle)
William Carpenter (paternal cousin; deceased)
Andrew Carpenter (paternal cousin)
William Sloan Carpenter (paternal first cousin once removed; deceased)
William Sloan River Carpenter (paternal first cousin once removed; via adoption)
Children
None
Flings & Affairs
Kelly Cramer
Crimes Committed
None
Brief Character History
After the death of his mother, Eleanor Armitage, Ian learned that Maggie Carpenter had been there when she died and he came to Llanview to speak to Maggie. He was looking for a locket that his mother had always worn around her neck. Maggie didn't have the locket, but when she and Ian eventually confronted her father, Bishop John Carpenter, about it he returned the locket, but it was empty. Around this time, the man that Ian had alway believed was his father, Guy Armitage showed up in Llanview to repremand Ian for screwing up a business deal. Ian and Guy do not get along together well at all.
The Bishop came back to town and Maggie and Ian tried to force him to reveal the secret he's been hiding, but the Bishop had a heart attack and died before he can tell them. Andrew gave Ian the lock of hair that had been in the locket (the Bishop had given it to Andrew in case anything happened to him) and Ian, Max Holden and Maggie went to Ian's mother's house in New Orleans in search of the truth. There they learned that Maggie and Ian are twins, their father was Bishop Carpenter and their mother was Eleanor Armitage. Ian is overjoyed to find his sister and to learn that he is not related to Guy, but he decides to keep it a secret from Guy.
In the meantime, Guy buys a radio station from Asa Buchanan out from under Ian and Max Holden's noses. Ian eventually becomes so angry with Guy that he blurts out the truth, that he is not Guy's son, but before Guy can finish changing his will, disinheriting Ian, he is killed in an explosion on his yacht. Ian becomes very rich and becomes the owner of Armitage Enterprises, but his main concern becomes using the money to make his girlfrind, Kelly Cramer, happy. He takes her whale watching, buys her a ring, and when he fears Kelly is in trouble in Canton, OH, he takes a plane out in a storm to try and reach her. Unfortunately for Ian, the wings of the plane ice over in the storm and Ian is killed when the plane crashes. Ian left a large inheritance to Kelly and the rest of the estate went to his sister, Maggie.
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