Brittany Murphy dead at age 32

[DukeNukem 2417]

http://www.imdb.com/news/ni1320994/

Just 32 years old, and she died of a heart attack. Insane, isn't it?

[PowerDroid5000]

Damn, that's... weird

[PsychoKirby]

Never really been a fan of her, but it's always a shame when anyone dies young. She will be missed.

[Gorgo]

Possibly a victim of bulimia or some other such disease (at least that's what the Yahoo news article hinted at).

[fnord]

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/andre ... ted-death/


Brittany Murphy: Surely this is not another cocaine related death?

http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/284204

Opinion: Who cares about Brittany Murphy's death?

When I see stories about a celebrity's death make headline news, I often ponder the question: Who cares? Since there is so much more important things going on the world, I can't help to peg the question once again when it comes to Murphy's death.
Does anyone really care about Brittany Murphy’s death? Or Heath Ledger’s? Or the Queen's? Or anyone else who we have no relationship with whatsoever?
You know, I never really understood people’s fascination with people they have never met in their life. I mean, fine, you can read biographies and understand a person’s life but why would one ever cry about their death?
I am a big fan of Woody Allen but I know I would not be devastated if he would make that final leap nor would I care if he divorced his wife, Soon-Yi. Why? Because I never met the man so it has no effect on me in any way, shape or form.
I’ll go larger; I’ll get off at the depot (Groucho Marx reference). Who cares about Box Office numbers? Are we ever going to see any of that astronomical amounts of money that a picture raised in for a distribution company? Wow, big whoop, Avatar generated $200 million worldwide. Will I ever see that money? Will you? Unless, you’re a nephew of some Hollywood Studio executive then chances are that you won’t.
Every year, I am befuddled at the amount of people who become really excited about the choices of Best Actor or Best Picture. Once again, who really cares about who wins an Oscar and can get $20 million for some awful motion picture? It’s really frustrating when I see someone worry more about George Clooney’s love life rather than real important information such as the national debt, the needless wars that occur all over the world and our tax dollars giving public officials lavish lifestyles.
When I was a kid, my family and I used to sit and watch the Oscars and after the first couple of minutes I scratched my head and asked, “Why are we watching this again?” Years later, all we’re doing is praising a bunch of elitists who don’t care about anyone else but themselves.
Oh, woe is us if Colin Firth doesn’t win an Academy Award for his latest film “A Single Man.” You know, I can’t even remember the last time I went to see a motion picture in a picture-house.
Oh, woe is us that Brittany Murphy died. Did you know that over the weekend, Yemeni government forces killed at least 49 civilians?
This opinion article was written by an independent writer. The opinions and views expressed herein are those of the author and are not necessarily intended to reflect those of DigitalJournal.com

[dale coba]

I never thought too much about her.

Celebrities are well-documented, but not more worthy of contemplation than other folks.
The public details make their lives accessible to me; but otherwise, I only get to test my guesses against murder/suicide/etc. victims from cable news, always after the event.

Go to her house, and look up.
Straight up.

I missed it over an hour of pouring over that West Hollywood hill with Google Earth.
You probably can't see from the street view, but here's a map from her house A,
to a vista B from which you might be able to put the scene together.

Or, as the Grand Galactic Inquisitor often loudly proclaimed to the Venture brothers, "IGNORE ME!"

It's not as if I discount ANY of the claims of eating disorder, drug use.
I don't have to, my theories on stress are additive and synergistic.

- Dale, who would go into abdominal spasm and starve for a week before being taken to the hospital, if I had to live at her home.

[xodar]

I was a bit surprised she died so young, though In fact Girl Interrupted was the only movie I think I saw her in. At least the only one I recall, and I saw it because I read the book. I don't remember either very well.

Celebrities -- that is, persons in movies and TV -- are familiar to people in a sense because their images are everywhere and concerned with stories about things that interest them. Movies appear to let people into intimate parts of their lives.
The actual person doesn't necessarily have any intrinsic connection with the role, but they get confused with it.
They acquire symbolic value and importance that usually far exceeds their actual lives.
Unfortunately, the sordid or trite incidents in their lives also become fascinating.
Do their marriages and affairs matter to me? Or their addictions or the tens of thousands of dollars they spend on a pair of shoes? No. I'm not and never will be in the circles they inhabit. How could any of those things or their deaths, untimely or not, really and honestly affect me?
That's not callous, just practical.