2009 Year of Death Strikes Again

Ho, ho, what!?

Evidently death doesn't take a holiday.

TMZ reports that actress Brittany Murphy went into full cardiac arrest at her home early Sunday morning and was rushed to Cedars Sinai in an ambulance. She was pronounced dead on arrival.

She was just 32.

Brittany is probably best known for her roles in Clueless, 8 Mile, Girl Interrupted, Don't Say a Word and as the voice of Luanne Platter on King of the Hill.

Details aren't yet known but as far back as 2005 there was speculation about an addiction to heroin and sexual compulsion.

It didn't help when Ted Casablanca of E! Online wrote a 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 Casablanca's 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). Hopefully this tragedy will open Lindsay Lohan's eyes a bit . . . ya know, when she finally wakes up from her pills and Red Bull binge in two or three days and hears about it.

By Paige Muller

Paige Muller, Gossip & Hollywood Hijinx
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		Paige Muller is a gossip gal with an appreciation – some would say obsession – for Hollywood hijinx, celebrity style and the latest fashion trends.  From who hooked up, who's knocked up and "WTF are they wearing?", Paige offers all the dish, with a side of snark. When not pondering Jennifer Aniston's perplexing post-breakup PR strategy, Paige is a published writer and communications professional who has worked with brands like Dove, L'Oreal, More magazine, Gap and WE: Woman's Entertainment.
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