I just read about this .... so sad R.I P Brittany

OMG are you kidding?  From 8 mile and the wedding movie with ashton kutcher?! 

Heart attack......


http://www.nydailynews.com/gos...t_attack_report.html

Shame   So young.

Cant believe it. 32 and a heart attack

Nothing on BBC yet (nor the website) a full half hour after the news has broke.


BBC always behind as usual.





Sky broke it pretty much straight away.

Goodness me , how on earth can you have a heart attack at 32. Poor girl

I am wondering that too Angelica. 

It's a scary thought, but plenty of young footballers some as young as 21/22 have died from heart attacks. They aren't actually that uncommon. A lad I used to know died a couple of months ago from one and he was 24 and as fit and healthy as you get.

, really sad.. RIP Brittany.

I'm so shocked!!!

She was quite the comedic actress. 2009 has been a pretty 'grim' year for celebrities.

That's cos the BBC are too scared to report anything without proper confirmation from about 60 different sources.

Good job it took them nearly 4 months to bury Michael Jackson cos it took the BBC nearly as long to actually confirm he was dead!

i'm just waiting for them to 'break' the news as 'breaking news' as if they are telling you something you don't already know.


On their saturday football scores service they often tell you news of a goal about 5 minutes after Sky Sports do. I wonder if that's because their reporters have to see the replay at least 50 times before being sure that it hit the net

All the BBC need do is look on twitter if they want confirmation, the incompetent useless idiots. Her ex Ashton Kutcher tweeted 10 minutes ago to pay tribute to her. I don't think he would have if it wasn't 100% confirmed true. Pull your finger out BBC!

OMG this is awful

the hospital is LA have confirmed it now.


Let's just see how long the inept BBC still take to break the story.

Shame she was so young

BBC Breaking News: 20:59 GMT, Sunday, 20 December 2009

Actress Brittany Murphy dies aged 32

I remember Richard Beckinsale died at similar age from same thing!

Really sad news.

I was just thinking the same thing LB . So sad...... R.I.P.

My brother was wondering if it's anything to do with a possible eating disorder because that has been known to cause heart attacks in very young women and she was very very thin?

Just a thought not saying it's the reason

Awful news.

Will Jan Moir be commenting?

I think they should break all her fingers just to make sure she doesn't

Nasty rumours are circulating that Brittany was looking thin and emaciated lately

i have no idea who she is

Oh they always do if you end up in the Cedars in LA.

AIMEE - she's an actress

 Twitter is a load of people gossiping, not a reliable news source. The Beeb tend to make sure they have concrete confirmation of stories before they use them, because certain members of parliament can't wait to jump on the slightest mistake.
Oddly enough, they aren't that fussed about breaking celeb stories first, because real news is a bit more important, such as thousands of people being stranded by Eurostar.

Hardly more important than someone dying aged 32, but get what you mean.



The BBC are amateur, from their news production, right through to their sports coverage. ITV get a lot of stick, but BBC make a lot more cock ups from what I've seen.


As for twitter, my point was that it was Ashton Kutcher tweeting, that's as much a reliable source as any given that he knew the girl. He wouldn't have tweeted if it wasn't true.


Also what's the harm in them writing 'reports in LA say that.....'
I'd much prefer up to date news rather than them waiting for it to be concrete. It's hardly latest news then is it? They are useless.

Yes it is. People far younger die all the time. A personal tragedy for her and her family, but not that important in the scheme of things. My OH works for BBC News Online and they are not "amateur", thanks very much. We'll agree to differ and leave it there, yes?

In defence of beeb online, it is the only site I trust to give accurate news and is my daily port of call. Having worked for old Murdoch I know how over excited his lot can get at the sniff of a missed heartbeat. Although, anything re death I've seen lately (Michael Jackson, Stephen Gateley) has been reported (and accurately may I add) by Sky/Fox hours before the Beeb has disclosed it.

My bro does a lot of freelance work for the Beeb too Deman, he nearly spat in disgust when I worked for News International

Karma
The number of times my OH and his lot have waited while Sky have "beaten" them to a story, while the Beeb were responsibly verifying the facts before putting it online..
And the number of times they've seen Sky retract most of what they first put in, because it was bollox..

MJ is dead?!!?!1

How on earth did I miss that?  Did anyone start at thread about it on here?

Respect the BEEB!

I bet Sky News put a helicopter up, just in case.

Can't say I noticed anything

You can say that again!

I looked like a bloody parrot the amount of times that posted!