On Christmas Eve, the actress Brittany Murphy will be laid to rest at a small, private funeral; a larger memorial service might be planned early the following year.
Authorities are still looking into the death. After an inconclusive autopsy on Monday, the coroner’s office is awaiting the outcomes of toxicology and tissue testing before identifying the precise cause of death.
When Murphy was a teenager, she and her mother, Sharon, relocated to Los Angeles in order to pursue acting careers.
Before landing prominent roles in multiple films, she began her career in sitcoms and advertisements in the early 1990s.
Did Brittany Murphy have a funeral?
The actress from “Clueless” and “Girl, Interrupted” will be laid to rest on Thursday at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills, according to family spokesman Alex Ben Block.
What was found in Brittany Murphy’s hair?
After Murphy’s father sued the Los Angeles Coroner’s Office and the Los Angeles Police Department in 2012, a lab-tested Murphy’s hair for toxicology.
Despite finding that her hair contained dangerous levels of lead, they concluded that the lead came from her hairspray or hair dye.