Actress Brittany Murphy dies at 32 after entering full cardiac arrest.
Actress Brittany Murphy, the 32-year-old starlet who got her start in the movie "Clueless," died Sunday in Los Angeles.
The troubled screen siren and singer went into full cardiac arrest early Sunday and could not be revived, according to a hospital spokeswoman.
It was her beloved mom who discovered her unconscious in the shower, according to the Web site TMZ. When paramedics arrived just after 8 a.m., they immediately began administering CPR and rushed her to nearby Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
She was pronounced dead at 10:04 a.m., Cedars-Sanai spokeswoman Sally Stewart said.
Murphy became a household name among teens in 1995 as the sidekick in "Clueless" who went from awkward wall flower to snotty hottie.
She has appeared in more than 25 movies since then including "8 Mile," "Girl Interrupted," "Don't Say a Word," and "Sin City."
A few years ago, the actress with a distinctively gravelly voice released the single "Faster Kill Pussycat," which quickly became a dance club hit.
Murphy lived in Edison, N.J., before moving to California when she was 13 and landing her first television role in "Blossom."
She underwent a transformation from a too-pudgy-for-Hollywood brunette to a skinny blonde whose ample cleavage landed her in Maxim's 100 hottest women in 2003.
On Sunday, actor Ashton Kutcher, Murphy's costar in 2003's "Just Married," posted this tweet on Twitter: "See you on the other side kid . . . 2day the world lost a little piece of sunshine. My deepest condolences go out 2 Brittany's family, her husband, & her amazing mother Sharon."
Actress Brittany Murphy, the 32-year-old starlet who got her start in the movie "Clueless," died Sunday in Los Angeles.
The troubled screen siren and singer went into full cardiac arrest early Sunday and could not be revived, according to a hospital spokeswoman.
It was her beloved mom who discovered her unconscious in the shower, according to the Web site TMZ. When paramedics arrived just after 8 a.m., they immediately began administering CPR and rushed her to nearby Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
She was pronounced dead at 10:04 a.m., Cedars-Sanai spokeswoman Sally Stewart said.
Murphy became a household name among teens in 1995 as the sidekick in "Clueless" who went from awkward wall flower to snotty hottie.
She has appeared in more than 25 movies since then including "8 Mile," "Girl Interrupted," "Don't Say a Word," and "Sin City."
A few years ago, the actress with a distinctively gravelly voice released the single "Faster Kill Pussycat," which quickly became a dance club hit.
Murphy lived in Edison, N.J., before moving to California when she was 13 and landing her first television role in "Blossom."
She underwent a transformation from a too-pudgy-for-Hollywood brunette to a skinny blonde whose ample cleavage landed her in Maxim's 100 hottest women in 2003.
On Sunday, actor Ashton Kutcher, Murphy's costar in 2003's "Just Married," posted this tweet on Twitter: "See you on the other side kid . . . 2day the world lost a little piece of sunshine. My deepest condolences go out 2 Brittany's family, her husband, & her amazing mother Sharon."
He didn't even have the time to type "to" so instead he typed "2." I'll stop before I go on a rant.
