# TMZ: 'Sin City' Actress Brittany Murphy Dead **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 20, 2009, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmz-sin-city-actress-brittany-murphy-dead/521976 "2009-12-20T19:15:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2009, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmz-sin-city-actress-brittany-murphy-dead/521976/41 "2009-12-20T21:54:46Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > I thought the “Sin City” actress thing was a bit odd–I associated her with Clueless. Though I guess was Sin City more recent? Oh well. Sad either way–she was so young! OP here. I used _Sin City_ in the headline because, a) it was the most recent movie of hers I could think of, b) I figured it would be one of her most popular movies among people on this board, and c) it was really the only movie I ever saw her in. I realize now that _Clueless_ was probably her most popular role… ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2009, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmz-sin-city-actress-brittany-murphy-dead/521976/42 "2009-12-20T21:56:55Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > I realize now that _Clueless_ was probably her most popular role… But then the title would have been TMZ: ‘Clueless’ actress… ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2009, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmz-sin-city-actress-brittany-murphy-dead/521976/43 "2009-12-20T21:56:57Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > OP here. I used _Sin City_ in the headline because, a) it was the most recent movie of hers I could think of, b) I figured it would be one of her most popular movies among people on this board, and c) it was really the only movie I ever saw her in. > > I realize now that _Clueless_ was probably her most popular role… Ah okay, makes sense. Clueless was a long time ago though I guess it’s still huge in the public consciousness. And for those who might have only known her via the Sin City role it’s helpful. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2009, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmz-sin-city-actress-brittany-murphy-dead/521976/44 "2009-12-20T22:07:02Z")
By the way: troubled actress? Recently fired from a movie? History of drug abuse? Shades of Marilyn Monroe! I wonder if she took her own life… ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2009, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmz-sin-city-actress-brittany-murphy-dead/521976/45 "2009-12-20T22:14:32Z")
> [@The\_Cleveland\_Steamer](#): > > This is a real loss. > > Not really. > [@The\_Cleveland\_Steamer](#): > > _Was_ a human being. Now she is apparently rotting meat. Even if you weren’t a fan, there’s no reason to go out of your way to be offensive. Knock it off. twickster, Cafe Society moderator ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2009, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmz-sin-city-actress-brittany-murphy-dead/521976/46 "2009-12-20T22:20:28Z")
That’s too bad. As I outlive more and more celebrities who are about my age, my jealousy of celebrity begins to wane, because I start to see how I could have easily lost myself to drugs and such if I had plenty of money and a constant cast of characters who wanted to hang out with me. I mean the article doesn’t say it was drugs, but if she was 32, what else could it be? ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2009, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmz-sin-city-actress-brittany-murphy-dead/521976/47 "2009-12-20T22:21:34Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > This blows. > > First Dan, now Brittany. > > She was brilliant in [Spun](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0283003/), one of my favorite movies. Heh, sounds like she was playing something she knew then. I can’t stand that movie because it really makes you feel Spun. If anyone ever wants to know what Crystal Meth is like without the side-effects? Watch Spun. ---
**Author:** ![Eugene\_of\_Sandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c37758/32.png) [@Eugene\_of\_Sandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eugene_of_Sandwich)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2009, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmz-sin-city-actress-brittany-murphy-dead/521976/48 "2009-12-20T22:24:33Z")
Shocker. Wow. Too sad. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2009, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmz-sin-city-actress-brittany-murphy-dead/521976/49 "2009-12-20T22:25:49Z")
Karen Carpenter and Cass Elliot also died at 32 years, and neither death was drug-related. ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2009, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmz-sin-city-actress-brittany-murphy-dead/521976/50 "2009-12-20T22:27:24Z")
> [@Walloon](#): > > Karen Carpenter and Cass Elliot also died at 32 years, and neither death was drug-related. Karen Carpenter was anorexic and I have no clue who Cass Elliott is. Cardiac Arrest is one of the most common symptoms of a drug overdose. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2009, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmz-sin-city-actress-brittany-murphy-dead/521976/51 "2009-12-20T22:33:37Z")
[Cass Elliot](http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:fbfoxqw5ldde~T1) (one “t”) was one of the Mamas & the Papas. ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2009, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmz-sin-city-actress-brittany-murphy-dead/521976/52 "2009-12-20T22:35:17Z")
> [@Walloon](#): > > [Cass Elliot](http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:fbfoxqw5ldde~T1) (one “t”) was one of the Mamas & the Papas. Oh right, Mama Cass. She was huge. Did she die of a heart attack? ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2009, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmz-sin-city-actress-brittany-murphy-dead/521976/53 "2009-12-20T22:41:28Z")
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**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2009, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmz-sin-city-actress-brittany-murphy-dead/521976/54 "2009-12-20T22:53:58Z")
Well, I appreciated the \*Sin City \*reference, as that’s the only thing I’ve ever seen her in. I thought she was great in that one. The rest of her filmography looks like wall to wall chick flicks. She has an upcoming movie with Stallone called _The Expendables_. That’s eerily prescient! ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2009, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmz-sin-city-actress-brittany-murphy-dead/521976/55 "2009-12-20T22:56:15Z")
Ugh, this is horrible. I had no idea she was suspected of having health problems. > [@bienville](#): > > . . . about 11 or 12 years ago saw her on Broadway in The Roundabout Theatre Company’s revival of Arthur Miller’s [A View From The Bridge](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_view_from_the_bridge). That’s how I know her best too, **bienville**. I actually disliked her in the role (due to her mannerisms and bizarre voice), but she seemed much more natural in the less broad film/TV style of acting. ---
**Author:** ![BrandonR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@BrandonR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrandonR)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2009, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmz-sin-city-actress-brittany-murphy-dead/521976/56 "2009-12-20T23:04:42Z")
TMZ is reporting her husband doesn’t want her to have an autopsy. Talk about suspicious… ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2009, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmz-sin-city-actress-brittany-murphy-dead/521976/57 "2009-12-20T23:11:07Z")
Aren’t autopsies required when someone isn’t under a doctor’s care? ---
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2009, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmz-sin-city-actress-brittany-murphy-dead/521976/58 "2009-12-20T23:22:25Z")
Geez. I loved her in _Clueless_ and _Girl, Interrupted_–two very different roles. FWIW, a friend of mine from college passed away suddenly at age 36 just a few months ago. She had a massive heart attack. No history of heart problems, no drugs, no anorexia, no abuse–just random, rotten luck. Of course, my suspicions are drugs or some other form of self-abuse were involved, but random fatal heart attacks _do_ happen to people in their 30s. ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2009, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmz-sin-city-actress-brittany-murphy-dead/521976/59 "2009-12-20T23:23:49Z")
> [@BrandonR](#): > > TMZ is reporting her husband doesn’t want her to have an autopsy. Talk about suspicious… Way to make people suspicious guy! ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2009, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmz-sin-city-actress-brittany-murphy-dead/521976/60 "2009-12-20T23:38:27Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > Isn’t cardiac arrest just Hollywood-speak for drug overdose? Yes, but when you get down to it, we **all** die of cardiac arrest. Luann was supposed to be a(n?) FAS child, I think. Which adds an extra layer of sad to this whole thing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmz-sin-city-actress-brittany-murphy-dead/521976.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tmz-sin-city-actress-brittany-murphy-dead/521976.md?page=4)