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What a tragic waste of young talent. News reports say actress Brittany Murphy went into cardiac arrest this morning at age 32. I always found her performances fresh in both comedies like Clueless, Just Married and Little Black Book, and dramas like 8 Mile, Don’t Say A Word, Girl Interrupted, and Sin City, and the dramedy Uptown Girl. She was about to have a career renewal with several movies coming out in 2010.
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What a tragedy. My heart and prayers go to her family. May her light shine bright always…..
I was wondering when she was going to start making another of her good films and it was very same Sunday I watched one of her wonderful acting on tv. I had a good cry in the end of the film that she was killed and I try to stop crying by telling myself that thanks god she is only acting and alive.
Only hours later I saw on the online news..The shocking sad news!
I am angry at her relatives why they did not take care of her well, she looked very skinny and pale in her recent photos . I am still crying for her and she was really a little sun shine and a very good actress. What a big loss!
A tragic waste of young talent? How sad is it that Hollywood types like Nikkie can’t react to her death like a normal human being. Guess her life can only be measured by her worth in this town.
A normal human being would guess she killed herself with drugs and not have much sympathy for her except to wonder how things could have been different. I liked her in her movies. All sympathy to her family.
Rip Britney Murphy wish u find peace and be a beAutiful angel in heaven
and with my condolescent to her husband and families .
I agree. What the hell?! Bad choice of words.
It’s a Hollywood news website about Hollywood and the industry. If you want Hollywood news you look here. If you want a drippy, emotional human outpouring about someone’s death in this industry, go bug their family and friends. Nikki does just fine.
I loved her in Drop Dead Gorgeous. It makes me feel creepy to type that title. What on earth could have happened? She was truly gifted at comedy. What a loss…
The only time I saw her was in “Just Married.” And that was because the TV ads made me immediately fall in love with the character she was playing. What a tragedy.
This is shocking!
This is a trajedy. I loved her in Clueless, and recently saw Little Black Book on TV. She was great. Not sure if that was really her singing voice, but if it was, wow. What a loss.
And who’s this husband?
Shanie F.
It was really her singing voice. She had a great voice.
yes. that was her singing voice. She also did all of her singing in Happy Feet.
In addition to being extremely talented, she was a really genuine and sweet person — rare in Hollywood. And she had an amazing voice, so I bet that was her singing. She did a demo for a Janis Joplin film and she was amazing. This is such a tragic loss, and my heart goes out to her family, especially her mother. I know how close they were.
She DIED? That’s just nuts!!!!!! She was great in Clueless, 8 mile, and Little Black Book. Didn’t care for Just Married, but that’s because I can’t stand Ashcan.
Poor thing. A heart attack. It just makes no sense. Were drugs involved? What movies did she have coming out?
Very sad to hear that she has passed away
Sad.
Of course when a young person dies of cardiac arrest, I can’t help but think that drugs were involved. Whatever the cause, this is sad.
So sad. Based on her IMDb entry, she’d been working her butt off. No wonder she suffered cardiac arrest.
R.I.P
A true waste of talent, a shame to see her go
This is very tragic indeed. Only 32 years old.
My thoughts & prayers go out to her family.
What a shock she was so young … very very sad
Very sad. I met her briefly and found her to be a very sweet person. I was shocked to hear this.
Tragic. Always a true professional on set, and a sweetheart off.
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RIP Brittany Murphy. Loved your films and its tragic to loose you
. Rest in peace and enjoy heaven babe. XXX
If you listen to the rumblings beneath the surface you’ll see there was erratic behavior on and off movie sets, and much speculation about substance abuse. Anyone who knew her will tell you same.
Angling to be the first to piss on the grave, huh, Jay?
It’s not necessarily pissing on the grave. Like it or not, healthy, privileged young stars rarely drop dead at age 32 of natural causes. Of course it happens; just not very often. Minimizing the role of drugs in the deaths of young stars is a disservice to everyone.
Yeah me too, I was not surprised to hear this news. Sad, but not surprised. I’m only surprised to hear so many were surprised. Reality check, this is what drugs do. I wish everybody would communicate this fact to all the young stars. We all know there is a lot of drug use in Hollywood whether it reaches the ears of the public or not. Don’t shove it under a rug for PR’s sake. It’s such a waste. Murphy was a very unique and interesting actress when very few starlets are all that unique or interesting. She aimed for a more commercial career and she shouldn’t have because it required her to be banal and bland. But I’m sure she would have found herself back to better roles in smarter films eventually. Had those around her who should have been cleaning her up not supplying her with drugs allowed it.
I’ve known two young women who dropped dead of cardiac arrest because of extreme dieting. It’s not necessarily drugs. And it could even be a congenital condition. No need to slander the dead here.
I believe he is just being honest
I was shocked to hear of Ms. Murphy’s death, but I too am curious about the substance abuse allegations. I had recently heard that her husband was hospitalized for some “unpublicized” ailment. Makes a person wonder. Then again, both incidents may be totally unassociated.
Yep. The big H. Not that the media will report it.
Yes, I agree
May she rest in peace. It just goes to show that everyone of us should enjoy life because none of us are promised tomorrow.
So sad. She was extremely talented. She had a really bright career. I’ll always remember her from Clueless and Girl Interrupted. RIP baby girl.
I always liked her. She was always a bit of sunshine and brightness, and just so cute.
she was such a sweet sunshine…
i am shocked…
RIP from Germany
I hold out some vain hope that this will become more of a cautionary tale than Heath Ledger’s passing did. In that case, people glorified the actor, and talked little about the EPIDEMIC of prescription drug use in Hollywood, of which he was a casualty. Whether or not drugs or an eating disorder were the immediate cause of Murphy’s death is yet to be determined, but both surely played a role in her demise over the past few years. Her death should be a reminder to the people making money off of other troubled starlets, that they need serious treatment or death is a distinct possibility!
The EPIDEMIC of prescription drug use is not solely limited to Hollywood. It’s everywhere. Frankly, I know more “normal” people in the Midwest hooked on prescription pills than I do here in LA.
Spot on. I hope that her death was truly due to “natural causes”, but to go into cardiac arrest at 32 raises suspicion. Hollywood should be referred to as Enabler-ville because true friends would/should have given her some help if she needed it.
Very sad to see her go. She was one of my first celebrity crushes and I too found her to be more interesting than the typical starlet.
But wasn’t Uptown Girls a comedy?
What the hell happened?