無啦啦。。。死咗 Brittany Murphy

Sarah Boesveld

Globe and Mail Update
Published on Monday, Dec. 21, 2009 2:55PM EST

Last updated on Monday, Dec. 21, 2009 2:57PM EST

.In life, actress Brittany Murphy shot to fame with her doe eyes, scratchy voice and schoolgirl charm. In death, Sunday at 8 a.m. by natural causes, she is being revered as a versatile actress, but also a mystery.

Initial reports said she died of cardiac arrest (potentially triggered by drugs or difficulties with an eating disorder, blogs speculate). There is no evidence of foul play or pending criminal charges, the Los Angeles Police Department told TMZ.com, although they found a large quantity of prescription drugs in her home.

She was also reportedly sick and vomiting in the hours before her death and had been suffering from Type 2 diabetes. An autopsy is being conducted, although her husband, British screenwriter Simon Monjack, didn't want one.

A timeline of her short life and career:

1977 - Brittany Anne Murphy was born in Atlanta, GA on November 10. Raised in Edison, N.J., she started acting in local theatre at age 9.

1991 - At age 13, the budding actress moves to California with her mother and lands a role on Blossom, a popular teen sitcom.

1995 - Murphy's gets her first big break on the silver screen in the teen cult hit Clueless starring Alicia Silverstone. Murphy stole the show as Tai Fraser, the geek-turned-queen bee, after a makeover by Silverstone's Cher Horowitz.

1997 - She lends her distinctive voice to the character of Luanne on sassy TV cartoon King of the Hill .

1998 - Murphy continues to flourish on the small screen, netting a Young Artist Award for her role in TV movie David and Lisa, in which she played a troubled girl battling split personality disorder.

1999 - The crazy acting roles continue. Murphy gives a harrowing performance in Oscar winner Girl Interrupted as a sweet-natured incest victim Daisy, who hoards chicken carcasses in her apartment and eventually hangs herself.

2002 - Murphy stars as Eminem's beau in 8 Mile , a star turn that continues her string of roles as girlish victim. She also reinvents herself as a silver screen diva, dying her brown hair blonde and losing weight. She begins dating Ashton Kutcher.

2003 - The era of bubblegum films begins, as she stars with Kutcher in Just Married and with Dakota Fanning in Uptown Girls.

2005 - Murphy returns to the macabre when she plays Shellie in Frank Miller's award winning Sin City.

2006 - The petite star begins to retreat from the spotlight, keeping up her voice role in King of the Hill. She did, however, remain in the tabloids, chided for being too thin and accused of having an eating disorder.

2007 - Murphy marries British screenwriter Simon Monjack in a private Jewish ceremony, the New York Daily News reports. Their marriage has been marred with controversy - some claim the union was based on his need for a United States green card.

Dec 20, 2009 - The 32-year-old Murphy is found dead in the bathroom of her home in the Hollywood Hills. A film comeback appears to have been in the works: Murphy had five films in production, according to the Internet Movie Database.