How Did You...

[Lisa]

... hear of Brittany's death?

I had just woke up and was having my tea and reading twitter. I noticed Brittany was trending, and I got that dread feeling.. wondering "why is she trending"? I clicked on it and read what happened. I couldnt believe it. All day I was in shock.

My grandparents are buried at Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills, where Brittany is. I went there Christmas Eve, to leave flowers. I was there when the paparazzi was, witnessed part of the procession from the church (where her service was held) to her gravesite. And I saw the whole set-up, because my grandparents are buried a short distance away.

It was all so horribly sad & surreal at the same time.

[pinkjellybean12]

Hi there, first I wanted to thank you for making this forum! <3

I had just come home from a walk and went on the computer, my homepage is msn and I saw something that said about Britt dying. I thought 'what.. they must mean in a new movie or something'

so I clicked on it and read it all and I still couldn't believe it was true, so I went to google and typed in Brittany Murphy and all this stuff about her death came up. I couldn't hardly believe something like that would have happened, I did not expect someone like her to die so young.

That was a horrible day, and following weeks. I didn't expect I could be so upset over someone I had never personally known, but I was. I cried for weeks, I remember watching her interviews and bawling because she had died, and laughing because of how funny and sweet she was. I've never both laughed and cried at the same time. I was a mess and my sister [who I was living with at the time] probably thought I was crazy. I was a zombie when I was going to school and work and even ended up quitting them both and becoming quite the hermit.

All in all, I didn't handle it well at all. Quite unrealistically actually, I felt ridiculous because I never met her, but I couldn't help my feelings. It's still hard for me where she's concerned, she was such a major part of my life and I never even got to tell her so.

[edward]

I saw Brittany's picture in my local newspaper and then I read the caption. I had seen Brittany in Don't Say A Word, Sidewalks of New York, Just Married and Uptown Girls. She seemed so young and full of life. I couldn't believe something like this would happen.

I then read all I could find about her and bought most of her DVDs. I was shocked to learn of the disrespect she encountered in the last years of her career. It seems so undeserved.

I joined the now abandoned Brittany Murphy Media forum where I continue to post to all who are interested. But the site owner there has left so no new members can register. I also joined IMDb at that time but have never posted there: too many trolls and too much disrespect.

[BrittanyMurphyRIP]

For those of you who don't already know, this is me...


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[Luanne Fan]

Read it at IMDb.

At first, I thought it was a hoax. It had to be a hoax, or at least an announcement for her next big movie. But it wasn't.

Brittany Murphy's death, five days before Christmas was the cherry on top of a horrible year where all kinds of important, well-known figures left us. Michael Jackson, Les Paul, Walter Kronkite, Ted Kennedy, and Patrick Swayze are just a few of many to name.

Out of all of them, Brittany's death was the onlyone where I wanted to cry. She was so pretty, so talented, and so young, taken away so soon. Another one who contributed so much goodness gone, while millions who commit evil still roam this Earth.