Top 10 celebrity deaths of 2009

5. Brittany Murphy - American actress and singer

Brittany Murphy, U.S. actress died Dec. 20 aged 32. Murphy suffered a cardiac arrest in her LA bathroom and was pronounced dead at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. She co-starred in films such as “Clueless,” “8 Mile,” “Girl, Interrupted” and “Sin City,” and enjoyed enduring success on the small screen providing the voice of the vacuous Texan Luanne Platter in the cartoon series “King of the Hill.” But Murphy' career waned in recent years. Her emaciated appearance had also sparked concerns about her health.

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