12.20.2009 1977 - 2009

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Brittany Murphy died of a heart attack this morning. She was just 32 years old. The New York Daily News writes:

She went into full cardiac arrest early Sunday and could not be revived.
The Los Angeles City Fire Department got a call from the home of Murphy’s husband Simon Monjack about 8 a.m.
She was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead on arrival.

It would be hard to describe Brittany’s behavior the past few years kindly. Increasingly odd choices took her life in a strange direction, and as far back as 2005 people were talking privately about an addiction to heroin and a sexual compulsion. It didn’t help when Ted Casablanca of E! Online wrote this thinly veiled blind item:

“If I were you, I wouldn’t invite Jordache Junky to your son’s bar mitzvah. She might lure him into a stairwell and do him. Now, don’t get me wrong, girlfriends. Most boys would be thrilled to get into J2’s prissy undies. I mean, she’s been in, like, a million movies, many of which young boys just worship.That’s why I can’t believe what she pulled at a Hollywood bash last week. Gulp. There’s no delicate way to put it, so here goes: J.J. banged a cater-waiter. And she didn’t take him home in a doggie bag. Nope, J.J. jumped this dude’s bones in the damn stairwell.”

Murphy was the spokesmodel for Jordache at the time.  Jordache + heroin = Jordache Junky.  Her legal team wrote a swift and long winded denial, even though she was never actually named in Casablancas post.

It’s not clear yet why a seemingly healthy 32-year-old would have a heart attack (drugs), but the previous rumors may give a hint (it was drugs).  The details to come in the next few days will probably not be kind (drugs), so I chose to remember how good she was in things like ‘Sin City’ and as Luann on ‘King of the Drugs’.


(57) Comments

  1. GirlsWearingMyJersey 12/20/2009 16:03

    Whoa! This news is a complete shocker! For her to die so young is truly tragic. RIP Brittany…you will be missed.

  2. Naddz Dangle 12/20/2009 16:13

    Wow, this is way out of left field. RIP Brittany, far too young, far too early.

  3. blahblah123 12/20/2009 16:33

    why do you even have to write the mean things someone wrote about her? she just died. whether or not you liked her as a person show her some respect. death sucks for anyone.

  4. mercury 12/20/2009 16:35

    That sucks. Much to young. Fucking drugs. I never really followed her career too closely, but I do feel bad for the girl.

  5. mediaphile 12/20/2009 16:37

    Well, so far the only source for this story is TMZ.com. The full text of the first quote used here is “She went into full cardiac arrest early Sunday and could not be revived, the Website TMZ reported.”

    @blahblah123

    Death doesn’t suck for the person who’s dead. Nothing will ever suck for them, ever again. Are you new to WWTDD? If you’re looking for a place where everything gets handled with kid-gloves, you might want to go somewhere else.

  6. The Narrator 12/20/2009 16:46

    Unexpected.

    RIP.

  7. blahblah123 12/20/2009 16:54

    i’ve visited here all the time i just never say anything.
    and i’m sure i’ll get shit for it. i mean i think this website says some pretty funny stuff. it’s just annoying how when someone dies (whether or not i care for them as an actor/singer/whatever) he has to make idiot comments. guess it’s to be expected on a website like this…

    and i meant death sucks for anyone left alive having to cope with it.

  8. dobermaniac 12/20/2009 16:55

    Guess shes not going to be in Sin City 2

  9. BALLSY 12/20/2009 16:57

    Did I mention I am into Necrophilia, Unfortunately my Narcolepsy takes over when I cum!

  10. pepper 12/20/2009 17:10

    another round eye bites the dust……. Heroin is a hell of a drug!!!!!!!

  11. evilgenius 12/20/2009 17:15

    Wahhh…. some B list junkie celebrity died. Wahhh… you should be more respectful. Wahhh… some coroner is getting lucky tonight.

  12. BALLSY 12/20/2009 17:18

    Jordass is filled with Heroin!

  13. bedbug 12/20/2009 17:35

    Bummer. I feel horrible for Uncle Hank, Aunt Peggy and Bobby. At least now she’ll finally be reunited with Buckley.

  14. Seth Davis 12/20/2009 17:53

    this picture must be pre- H. She use to look good,

    too bad

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  15. DarkCherry 12/20/2009 18:00

    no one could’ve made rollin wit the homies sound so adorable… this is way harsh Ty…

  16. pickleops 12/20/2009 18:25

    If we all join in a rousing chorus of Rollin’ With The Homies, will she wake up?

  17. Porchmonkey4life 12/20/2009 18:58

    Since she’s dead, if I took a shit on her chest would it be wrong?

  18. The Irreverent Tony Stark 12/20/2009 19:06

    Oh my god, they killed Brittany Murphy!

    You bastards!

  19. Jackazz 12/20/2009 19:29

    This was just the kind of thing Tiger Woods was looking for….get the hounds off his trail!!

  20. Gonzo 12/20/2009 20:00

    @Jackazz : I co-sign that.

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