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Brittany Murphy died early this morning after she went into full cardiac arrest and could not be revived, multiple sources tell TMZ.She was 32.A 911 call was made at 8:00 Am from a home in Los Angeles that is listed as belonging to her husband, Simon Monjack, the Los Angeles City Fire Department tells TMZ.We're told Murphy was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center where she was pronounced dead on arrival.Murphy starred in such films as "Clueless, …
That's terrible. She was one of my favourite actors and quite underrated. I really liked her in Spun, Sin City and The Dead Girl. 32 seems pretty young to have a heart attack. Perhaps drugs were involved.
There is actually speculation (at least among non-important people) that it has more to do with the need to be thin than drugs. No sources or official word on that, but just mild speculation.
There is actually speculation (at least among non-important people) that it has more to do with the need to be thin than drugs. No sources or official word on that, but just mild speculation.
Quite possible. I knew a girl who had anorexia and had a heart attack in her late 20s. Although it wasn't a fatal one.
Given she went from a beautiful, vivacious, normal brunette to an ultra thin blonde under the influence of Hollywood, it could quite easily have had health consequences.
I remember seeing an interviewing with her a few years ago where she admitted that she had had to shape herself into a certain image for the studios to get work.
She was a fabulous actress, and this is such a waste.
I've heard of her before, but I couldn't remember what she looked like, and really didn't think much of her. But then I looked her up on IMDB, and saw that she was the voice of Luanne Platter on "King of the Hill" and that just broke my heart. I love her character in that show, and it hurts to know that she won't be on there anymore. I wonder what they're going to do with the show now?
Sad it happened, but c'mon... You all are acting like she was Sophia Loren. She was, at her best, a B-liner who, fell into obscurity and back drop roles. It's always a shame when someone dies un-expectingly. It's a bigger shame when they've touched someone's life in some way or another, as she had done with her film roles to those that followed her work.
But she was not and will not be remembered past "Oh, that one girl from clueless" or... I think she played in "little black book... Let me check IMDB on that, though"
Again, sad... Tragic. But I'm sure she had a lot to do with why she died and that it wasn't at the hands of malice. Again, I do feel for her family and friends that knew her but I don't know her. She never did anything spectacular that touched me in any way and for that I can only see this as a stranger dying.
Ask yourself how many times you people have read the paper or watched the news and been up in arms about the average person/stranger in your hometowns dying affects you. I bet you don't give half as much sympathy for those that die in wrecks, freak accidents or at the hands of violence.
Here she is at her best in The Dead Girl. And no, I'm not trying to be ironic or whatever by referring to this movie. It's just that she gave one hell of a performance in it. I'd recommend it to anyone who hasn't seen it yet. I also noticed on the IMDB that she has another four films in post production.
I just heard this and thought it was some wind up. Bit shocked, I really liked Clueless plus I'm 32, makes you think don't it.
Yes, Alffy, it does. And that's why The Nickelback song, "If Today Was Your Last Day", is a mantra for me.
If we can just appreciate each moment as a gift and not take anything for granted, it changes our perspective; although, holding this intention is extremely hard because we're constantly living in some kind of frustration. Just when things seem to be going half decent, something always happens to bring us down into our own personal hells.
Seems strange how everyone gets "something" from the "get you and make you feel rotten pot".
I only discovered her a few week ago in "Little Black Book"... She was almost unknown in France. Glad I knew her before. 'Cos I really appreciated her talent...
No need Balt. No-one's acting like she's Sophia Loren. She was a young girl that died too young.
I think you should leave the speculation of what caused her death to the TV and newspapers. No doubt Fox will tell us what she could have died of.
Plenty of young girls die before their time... It's sad life is wrapped inside of unknowing trial and error, but it is. I'm just sick of someone dying in the spotlight, and in her case not even that, and everyone acting like they were the biggest contributors of their era. She wasn't. She never will be and that's that. I don't have to sugar coat anything. I'm sure she was a nice girl to those that knew her, but I'm also sure she had a hand in why she died. Her insecurities are playing more of a hand here than anything and unless it's H1n1, I take back nothing. Hell, even if it was H1N1 I don't take back anything I've said.
She was "A" girl... 32 or 33 who died. It's life. It happens. When I die or you die or anyone dies for that matter we should only be so lucky as to have a billion and 1 assholes all over the world sing our praise because of it. It's like Michale Jackson, and I do love the guy don't get me wrong, winning all them grammies... Why? He didn't win any grammies the year before or the year before. Why did he win all those?
Because he died. Simple as that. When you die you all of a sudden have all this worth that was never there before. It's absurd. I haven't seen any of you all talk about Britney Murphy in any of your "who's the best actress or actor threads" I've never seen anyone of you list one of her movies as your favorite movie or even a top favoirite movie. It's silly and absurd to think you all were holding all this admiration for her when none of you even mentioned her one time in the 6 + years I've been around here.
That's all I'm saying. Hell, if she saved a bus load of cancer riddled kids all holding kittens from going over the side of a cliff and, on the way down, cured them of their illnesses... Then she'd be worth talking about past, "Man, she died... That's crazy"
As it stands... Only her friends and family should feel this one. Sorry.
I know where you're coming from, Balt, but I disagree. We all watch movies as we grow up from a young age. We all go to the cinema, buy the dvds, so when an actor or actress dies, it's only natural some people will be shocked, much more so than if it was a stranger in a car accident in another country.
Nobody's saying she's one of the greatest ever, just that they enjoy her work. I own quite a few of her dvds, Spun, 8 Mile, The Dead Girl, Just Married, hell, even Cherry Falls. I always enjoyed her performances. End of.
I think you'll find you're wrong on another of your points. I do remember "The Dead Girl" and "Spun" being discussed on these forums, although maybe not in their own dedicated thread.
Her best performance, in my opinion, "Girl, Interuppted". Just a supporting role but I think she showed how good an actress she could have been in that film.
I take your point. It's a good one. And a fair one.
Celebrity culture. We almost feel as if we know these people. When Freddie mercury kicked it in 1991 I felt bad for weeks, months even, as if I'd lost a member of my immediate family. I never met the guy, closest I came was being a few rows back in a crowd of 100,000 at their last ever gig.
All I'm saying is I can't see anything actually wrong with people feeling sorry for someone dying young. I'm not saying it isn't misplaced and perhaps over the top. But I don't think it's wrong. For each their own. There's a lot worse things going on in the world.
This is, after all, a site dedicated wholly to film scripts. It would be even weirder if an incident like her sudden death passed without a word. Ren
I take your point. It's a good one. And a fair one.
Celebrity culture. We almost feel as if we know these people. When Freddie mercury kicked it in 1991 I felt bad for weeks, months even, as if I'd lost a member of my immediate family. I never met the guy, closest I came was being a few rows back in a crowd of 100,000 at their last ever gig.
All I'm saying is I can't see anything actually wrong with people feeling sorry for someone dying young. I'm not saying it isn't misplaced and perhaps over the top. But I don't think it's wrong. For each their own. There's a lot worse things going on in the world.
This is, after all, a site dedicated wholly to film scripts. It would be even weirder if an incident like her sudden death passed without a word. Ren
And I agree... If the person in question has touched you in some way, sure... It's only natural to feel remorse. I'm speaking for myself. She hasn't done anything to ever turn my head and she's never stood out from the crowd to me. So, for that, she's a stranger and that's the road I'm taking with this.
Dan O'bannon... He contributed to me in someway as a writer. I grew up watching Aliens and Return of the Living Dead. I loved the guy. I was affected when I heard he passed. Same with Bob Clark. I felt remorse because he was such a talent. I'm not taking anything away from anyone who actually feels this girl did something for them but as for me... No.
Sad she died. Sad anyone has to die. I really am, but it is life and the meaning of it will be kept that way long after we expire to be sure.
That's too bad. Can't say I'm shocked though. Not to say I expected her to die but celebrities have been dropping like flies this year. It's still tragic indeed but the "wow" factor was lost on me a while ago.
Like Balt, she didn't have a significant impact on my life but I have watched more than a fair share of King of the Hill and will always remember that trademark hysterical crying. She wasn't that bad in Sin City either. I still gotta check out Spun at some point. I've heard good things.
I think I'm with Baltis here. I've never heard of this girl. I didn't recognize her face nor name. I'm however always sad when young people die, but she really meant nothing to me. I'm amazed at how some people idolizes celebreties. Michael Jackson comes to mind...
When it come to celebs, the only time I was sad was when John Candy died. I really liked him as an actor and thought he seemed like a nice person so I guess I can understand. Just this girl was an unknown to me.
Plenty of young girls die before their time... It's sad life is wrapped inside of unknowing trial and error, but it is. I'm just sick of someone dying in the spotlight, and in her case not even that, and everyone acting like they were the biggest contributors of their era. She wasn't. She never will be and that's that. I don't have to sugar coat anything. I'm sure she was a nice girl to those that knew her, but I'm also sure she had a hand in why she died. Her insecurities are playing more of a hand here than anything and unless it's H1n1, I take back nothing. Hell, even if it was H1N1 I don't take back anything I've said.
She was "A" girl... 32 or 33 who died. It's life. It happens. When I die or you die or anyone dies for that matter we should only be so lucky as to have a billion and 1 assholes all over the world sing our praise because of it. It's like Michale Jackson, and I do love the guy don't get me wrong, winning all them grammies... Why? He didn't win any grammies the year before or the year before. Why did he win all those?
Because he died. Simple as that. When you die you all of a sudden have all this worth that was never there before. It's absurd. I haven't seen any of you all talk about Britney Murphy in any of your "who's the best actress or actor threads" I've never seen anyone of you list one of her movies as your favorite movie or even a top favoirite movie. It's silly and absurd to think you all were holding all this admiration for her when none of you even mentioned her one time in the 6 + years I've been around here.
That's all I'm saying. Hell, if she saved a bus load of cancer riddled kids all holding kittens from going over the side of a cliff and, on the way down, cured them of their illnesses... Then she'd be worth talking about past, "Man, she died... That's crazy"
As it stands... Only her friends and family should feel this one. Sorry.
No need to feel sorry, Balt. You are correct, I believe. I did not know this actress, because I'm naive when it comes to movies and television, but your words speak millions to me.
The POINT that I want to raise is that you said: "I'm sure she had a hand in why she died."
We are entering into some very deep and dark territory here and I need to speak on it.
Back when I was suffering a whole pile with what has come to know itself as a staph aureus infection, (but nobody knew except that I had an extremely high anti-nuclear antibody count and it looked like it was systemic sclerosis), I was suffering so badly I tried to kill myself.
I failed, as you can see. I'm a real loser.
I never wanted to die, but I was suffering so much that I really have to say, that I wouldn't want anyone. NOT ANYONE!!!!! NOT THE WORST MURDERER OR WHOEVER TO EVER EXPERIENCE what I have went through.
However, do I blame God? No. Not in the least. Because I understand 22/7. And you'll see it more in the future as I write it into character work.
The most important thing here that I want to address is that:
None of us "chooses" that yes, "I want to be a blond anorexic with a desire to buy expensive shoes". Or, "I want to be a woman that wants to give birth to thirteen children and collect artwork of Dali". (That would be me).
Or,
"I want to be an alcoholic writer that works too hard, practices too much piano and can't get any rest." (That would be me too).
Whatever it is that we "are", aren't we always wondering "why"?
Why aren't we what we believe we should be? Why can't we do enough? Run longer? Jump higher? Do things faster?
It's such a great struggle, but to be in this virtual world with all of you is a great blessing. We're all "Very Strange" indeed.
Luvya and I really thankyou for your individuality,
Sad it happened, but c'mon... You all are acting like she was Sophia Loren. She was, at her best, a B-liner who, fell into obscurity and back drop roles.
Who's to say she was done? The girl could have vanished for ten years and made a huge comeback. She had the potential, and I know I would have liked to have seen it happen. You give up on people too easily.
Quoted from Baltis.
I'm just sick of someone dying in the spotlight, and in her case not even that, and everyone acting like they were the biggest contributors of their era. She wasn't. She never will be and that's that. I don't have to sugar coat anything.
The whole point of a thread like this is to celebrate the person's life. Are you seriously trying to pull rank when it comes to celebrity deaths?
All I have to say is, when I die (knock on wood), and there's a dedicated thread here on this site paying tribute to my life, do yourself the favor and just stay away from it. People might be nice and say I was a talented writer that was taken too soon, and if the response to Brittany Murphy's semi-successful acting career bothers you this much, I shudder to think what you'll say about the response to me and my status as a writer!
Who's to say she was done? The girl could have vanished for ten years and made a huge comeback. She had the potential, and I know I would have liked to have seen it happen. You give up on people too easily.
The whole point of a thread like this is to celebrate the person's life. Are you seriously trying to pull rank when it comes to celebrity deaths?
All I have to say is, when I die (knock on wood), and there's a dedicated thread here on this site paying tribute to my life, do yourself the favor and just stay away from it. People might be nice and say I was a talented writer that was taken too soon, and if the response to Brittany Murphy's semi-successful acting career bothers you this much, I shudder to think what you'll say about the response to me and my status as a writer!
But you're not... So I probably won't have an opinion either way. It's like someone asking if I like green grapes or red grapes better. That's how important you are to the fold. & I've never read anything of yours that would lead me to believe you were a talented writer.
I think what's throwing me off here, Balt, is why you're insistent on belittling whatever grief others are having over her death. I have seen her in several things, so when I heard of it, I knew exactly who they were talking about. I told my wife, and she knew who I was talking about as well. Pia, on the other hand, hadn't. So what? Some people will feel her loss because they enjoyed her work. You won't. Why insist that it shouldn't matter to anyone else because it doesn't matter to you? Maybe some people will mourn Sham when he goes, but you won't. Ok. Why make an issue of it?
We all have our opinions and views on the world, and they won't always agree with your view, as you well know. There's no need to insist that it should. And don't say you aren't doing that because there are several posts where you're saying "who cares" and then supporting that viewpoint and then supporting your support for your view.
Personally, the one actor death that got me the most was Phil Hartman. That was tragic and a huge loss.
Not true... I said in my second to last post that "IF" she affected some, sure... It's only natural that there be some remorse. I just don't think everyone who dies and is/has/was/will be in the spotlight of Hollywood deserves this kind of attention when their work has impacted a very few.
And to put a measure on that is tough. It is. But she, to my knowledge, never did anything to benefit mankind in the least. Not to warrant half or a fraction of the bored as hell media and bloggers are giving her around the world. Hell, you'd think she tore down the Berlin wall with her bare hands the way some of these people are acting.
Again, I've felt remorse when a celeb dies and for that I'm not trying to take anything away from those who "actually" feel something for her. But too many times do I see people leaping onto the bandwagon of good will and this is an instance I feel is being exploited for that.
If say... Christina Ricci died tomorrow, heaven forbid, how many would leap up and say she was the absolute best of the best? I'm willing to bet 80% of the free world who are inapt with the media.
But you're not... So I probably won't have an opinion either way. It's like someone asking if I like green grapes or red grapes better. That's how important you are to the fold. & I've never read anything of yours that would lead me to believe you were a talented writer.
Wow, you really missed my point. Did anybody else get what I was trying to say? I don't feel like elaborating for this guy.
Quoted from Baltis.
I just don't think everyone who dies and is/has/was/will be in the spotlight of Hollywood deserves this kind of attention when their work has impacted a very few.
What are you TALKING about!?
Her top three movies alone have made well over $200 million at the domestic box office. You think that's impacted very few people!? Are you kidding!?
I'm done. RIP Brittany Murphy. I'll miss seeing you in the movies.
Wow, you really missed my point. Did anybody else get what I was trying to say? I don't feel like elaborating for this guy.
What are you TALKING about!?
Her top three movies alone have made well over $200 million at the domestic box office. You think that's impacted very few people!? Are you kidding!?
I'm done. RIP Brittany Murphy. I'll miss seeing you in the movies.
Are you sure they weren't someone else's movies and she just played some supporting role...? Somewhere there in the background. Please... You elaborate what your please it still doesn't change the fact you're fantastically mediocre at this.
On a side note... I wonder if people at her funeral will refer to her as "Britney Murphy" or just "Britney" ...? You know, cos they knew her. I guess Larry David calls Ted Danson Ted Danson and not Ted, so I guess that answers my question... Just know that if I was there I'd call her Britney. I'd say... "Rest In Peace Britney... Movies just won't be the same without a follow up to Little Black Book or your bit role in Sin City"
Are you sure they weren't someone else's movies and she just played some supporting role...? Somewhere there in the background. Please... You elaborate what your please it still doesn't change the fact you're fantastically mediocre at this.
Balt, I'm just wondering who you're trying to convince here. Basically, if people found value in whatever she did, why not allow them their moments. Your reactions would be akin to me saying:
"I will really miss my Uncle Bill. He was the best actor I ever knew and touched my life."
and then you coming back with:
"I looked up your 'Uncle Bill' and his career blew goat nuts. Four f***ing bit parts in community theatre and you want to honor him. Next thing you know you'll be praising your mom for her role in Whootenanny 4, which also sucked and so did she. Get off your high horse and realize your Uncle Bill porked chickens for a living and I don't."
Everyone has their opinion. I understand yours perfectly. I'm sure everyone else does too. I still wonder who you're trying to convince...
There is an old saying - if you can't say anything nice, best not say anything at all.
I actually tend not to agree with this - you often have to say things that aren't nice, aren't agreed with, aren't liked. Sometimes it is for the best.
But ... this is not one of them.
This thread was started because some people were shocked, surprised, upset about the death of a young woman who, regardless of her output, had obviously made some contact with them, and who, at 32, was clearly too young to die so suddenly.
If you didn't think much of her, or care whether she died, or like that others were saying, well that is your business - posting comments in such as thread as this though, that is ... disrespectful and unpleasant. Like a mourner at a funeral laughing at the grief of the widow.
There are certain things you shouldn't do. This is one of them, whatever your thoughts, whoever you are - and however superior you think you are.
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Speaking as the person who started the Dan O'Bannon thread I would say that it was shocking to me that he died at just 63 - that is no age at all nowadays. It is a pity that the thread has received so few posts (especially on a site for writers), but then screenwriters don't get recognition in life, so why expect it in death!
Noles or Niles, whoever you are... Take the tampon out, pal. Stop being an oversensitive conservative and wake the fuck up. You don't know this person. It's not like me being at someones funeral and laughing. It's so far removed from that it isn't funny... You might want people to think I'm doing that and you might even succeed at that but it's not true.
What I am saying and you all, a great many of you all, are ignoring is this -- CUT THE ACT. Tone it down and be realistic about it. It's like getting a present and not liking it but saying you do. Who gains from that? Do you think when someone hands me something I don't like or don't need I kiss ass and tell the person it's fabulous? Hell no. Why? If I can take it back or they can and get me or them something they can actually use why sacrifice feelings?
Same here... Why the hell should we all sit around, mourn some actress who more than likely killed herself with copious amounts of drugs and weightless pills? I'm not going to do it. You all can, and that's fine... More than fine if you actually liked her body of work, which I find it hard anyone who's a real writer could because I haven't seen shit of hers worth piss n' a cat dish and that's that. Her moves, the one's she actually did headline, fuckin' sucked and that's that. She might've been in a few good movies as a bit role but that certainly shouldn't measure her success at all...
Insensative, maybe. But the truth is you wouldn't give someone a medal of honor if they didn't deserve it would you? You wouldn't give someone who stole your bike a reward for returning it would you? Why give praise and compliments and blow summers eve up everyone's twat when it's not deserved?
You ride my coat tails all the time and it's old... you cry to the mods and have my post deleted all the time. You're like the name taker in grade school when the teacher left the room and it's old hat now.
You ride my coat tails all the time and it's old... you cry to the mods and have my post deleted all the time. You're like the name taker in grade school when the teacher left the room and it's old hat now.
Sorry, mate - I have never once reported your posts or had any of them deleted. In fact I have never reported anybody's posts on this site, asked for any to be removed, or ever contacted the mods regarding anything I have seen on SS.
If I have a problem with something people say, I can address it myself. I can fight my own battles - and I can do it without name calling like a toddler.
You need to look elsewhere for your alleged persecutors.
To paraphrase Bernstein -
Anyone can be unpleasant, if being unpleasant is all they want to be
There is no such thing as dying before your time. Otherwise, that person would still be alive. Saying that someone died before their time is the still-living's way of saying they wish that person had had more time. Whether it was time they could spend with them, or time to enjoy the works they do, it is merely a wish that the person had had more time.
Brittany Murphy died at 32, and that is sad because we know how long people can live, and she may have had a chance to do even more than she had, but it was her time to die, no matter how it came about.
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