BRITTANY MURPHY 'DIES FROM A HEART ATTACK' AGE 32

AMERICAN ACTRESS BRITTANY MURPHY HAS REPORTEDLY DIED FROM A MASSIVE HEART ATTACK AT THE AGE OF 32. THE ACTRESS, WHO APPEARED IN SUCH FILMS AS 'CLUELESS'. '8 MILE', 'JUST MARRIED', WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT A HOSPITAL IN LOS ANGELES, AFTER GOING INTO CARDIAC ARREST AT HER HOME IN LOS ANGELES, ACCORDING TO CELEBRITY WEBSITE TMZ.COM. A 911 EMERGENCY CALL WAS MADE AT 8am LOCAL TIME AT A HOME LISTED AS BELONGING TO HER HUSBAND, SIMON MONJACK, THE LOS ANGELES CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT TOLD THE WEBSITE. A SPOKESPERSON FOR CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER SAID MURPHY DIED AT 10:04am ON SUNDAY. SHE WOULD NOT PROVIDE A CAUSE OF DEATH, NOR ANY OTHER INFORMATION. MURPHY'S LAST BIG ROLE CAME IN 2005 WITH 'SIN CITY' ALTHOUGH SHE HAD APPEARED IN A NUMBER OF TV SHOWS SINCE, PROVIDING VOICES FOR CARTONS SUCH AS 'KING OF THE HILL' AND 'FUTURAMA'. IN 2006, SHE RELEASED THE SINGLE 'FASTER KILL PUSSYCAT' WHICH BECAME A DANCE CLUB HIT. SHE MARRIED MONJACK, A BRITISH WRITER AND DIRECTOR, AT THEIR HOME IN LOS ANGELES, IN 2007 IN A SMALL JEWISH CEREMONY. HE CO-WROTE AND CO-PRODUCED 'FACTORY GIRL', WHICH STARRED SIENNA MILLER. MURPHY BECAME A HOUSEHOLD NAME FOLLOWING HER ROLE IN 'CLUELESS', WHERE SHE PLAYED THE ROLE TIA, THE GIRL ALICIA SILVERSTONE'S CHARACTER TAKES UNDER HER WING. ASHTON KUTCHER, WHO CO-STARRED WITH HER IN 'JUST MARRIED', WROTE ON HIS TWITTER FEED: '2DAY THE WORLD LOST A LITTLE PIECE OF SUNSHINE. MY DEEPEST CONDOLENCES GO OUT 2 BRITTANY'S FAMILY, HER HUSBAND, & HER AMAZING MOTHER SHARON. SEE YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE.' A SPOKESPERSON FOR MURPHY TOLD TMZ.COM: 'IN THIS TIME OF SADNESS, THE FAMILY THANKS YOU FOR YOUR LOVE AND SUPPORT. IT IS THEIR WISH THAT YOU RESPECT THEIR PRIVACY.'