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Dec

2009

Star of 'Clueless' and '8 Mile', Actress Brittany Murphy dead at age 32

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Brittany Murphy, who came to prominence as "Tai" in the 1995 sleeper hit "Clueless", died Sunday December 20th at age 32. According to the Associated Press, Ms. Murphy was pronounced dead at 10:04 a.m. at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, hospital after reportedly going into cardiac arrest at her home in West Hollywood. Spokeswoman Sally Stewart would not provide a cause of death or any other information.

Online gossip site TMZ said her mother, Sharon, discovered Murphy unconscious in the shower. The Los Angeles Fire Department said it responded to an emergency call about 8 a.m. PST

Murphy landed her first job in Hollywood when she was 14, starring as Brenda Drexell in the series "Drexell's Class". She then went on to play Molly Morgan in the short-lived "The Torkelsons" spinoff "Almost Home". Murphy also guest-starred on several television series including "Parker Lewis Can't Lose", "Blossom", and "Frasierv. She also had recurring roles on "Sister, Sister", "Party of Five" and "Boy Meets World". In 1997, she began voicing the character of Luanne Platter (as well as the younger version of Joseph Gribble) on the long-running animated series "King of the Hill".

Murphy starred in many successful films, including "Clueless" (1995), "Girl, Interrupted" (1999), "Don't Say a Word" (2001), the TV adaption of the novel "The Devil's Arithmetic" (2001), "8 Mile" (2002) and "Uptown Girls" (2003) as well as many lesser-known films, such as "Spun" (2003). In 2004, she starred in the romantic comedy "Little Black Book", and the critically acclaimed "Sin City" (2005). She starred in two Edward Burns films: "Sidewalks of New York" (2002) and "The Groomsmen" (2006). In 2009, she was cast in the Lifetime TV movie, "Tribute", as the main character, Cilla.

"(Today) the world lost a little piece of sunshine," Ashton Kutcher, a former boyfriend, wrote on his Twitter page. "(S)ee you on the other side kid."

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