{"id":10377,"date":"2009-12-21T09:27:34","date_gmt":"2009-12-20T23:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/?p=10377"},"modified":"2009-12-21T09:34:48","modified_gmt":"2009-12-21T00:04:48","slug":"vale-brittany-murphy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fernbyfilms.com\/2009\/12\/21\/vale-brittany-murphy\/","title":{"rendered":"Vale – Brittany Murphy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Brittany Murphy - 1977-2009<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Awful news out of Hollywood today folks, that has prompted me to get online and quickly mention it. Brittany Murphy, young star of films like Just Married<\/em>, 8 Mile<\/em>, Happy Feet<\/em>, Sidewalks of New York<\/em> and Sin City<\/em>, has died today aged only 32.<\/p>\n

Murphy was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and landed her first acting job aged just 14, in the TV show Drexells Class<\/em>. She went on to appear in several popular TV shows, such as Frasier<\/em> and Blossom<\/em>,\u00a0before landing her first full\u00a0feature role opposite Alica Silverstone in Clueless<\/em>. Her star continued to rise as she appeared alongside Angelina Jolie in Girl, Interrupted<\/em>, and Michael Douglas in Don’t Say A Word<\/em>. She appeared with Drew Barrymore in Riding In Cars With Boys<\/em>, Eminem in\u00a08 Mile<\/em>, and voiced one of the key characters in Happy Feet<\/em>. She also starred in more indie fare with Sidewalks of New York<\/em> for director Edward Burns.<\/p>\n

However, it was perhaps her appearance with Ashton Kutcher in Just Married<\/em> that propelled her to true fame and fortune, and gave her her first real taste of being a leading actress, in a major Hollywood flick. Disappointment came with the\u00a0underwhelming flick \u00a0Little Black Book<\/em>, opposite Holly Hunter and Kathy Bates, before rebounding in 2005’s Sin City<\/em>.<\/p>\n

In 2007, Murphy married screenwriter Simon Monjack, with whom she remained until her death. Brittany Murphy died as a result of a cardiac arrest, on December 20th, at Cedars-Sinai Hospital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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