Actress Brittany Murphy, who appeared in such films as
8 Mile, Girl Interrupted, The Caller and
Clueless, was pronounced dead today at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles after an ambulance was summoned to her home for a medical emergency. Some reports say that Murphy's mother found her unconscious in the shower. Murphy had been one of the actors who provided her voice to the popular animated series
King of the Hill. Tragically, one of her recent films was ironically titled
The Dead Girl. Police say they have opened an investigation into her death. Murphy died of cardiac arrest. She was 32 years old and married to screenwriter Simon Monjack. For more
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