I am so ready for this year to be over. I HATE reporting deaths, and this year has been full of them. Such a shame!

The latest tragedy to add to the list of gone-to-soon is Brittany Murphy. We fell in love with the brown-eyed beauty in the 90’s when she starred in Clueless with Alicia Silverstone and she continued to hold our hearts with her quirky smile and classic laughter.

The actress was only 32 years old, and we don’t have a whole lot of information yet. It sounds like she was rushed to the hospital after a collapse at her home.

Many celebrity bloggers are speculating drug abuse or anorexia may be to blame. We will have to wait until the toxicology report is released later this week.

No matter what happened or why she died, this is super tragic! Such a sweetheart – so loved by those who worked with her. Here is what a few of her Hollywood pals have had to say so far -

Ashton Kutcher: “2day the world lost a little piece of sunshine. My deepest condolences go out 2 Brittany’s family, her husband, & her amazing mother Sharon”, later adding, “see you on the other side kid.”

Soleil Moon Frye tweeted, “RIP sweet Brittany. I will never forget the beautiful school girl you were and woman you became.

Hilary Duff said, “I’m still in shock, I’m just grateful for life and still having it…RIP Brittany Murphy.”

“I am so sad about Brittany Murphy. Too young. She always seemed like she wanted to please everyone,” notes Juliette Lewis.

“Britney they say died of cardiac arrest from anorexia. Jesus christ how long before we realize we r too hard on women in this biz,” asks Jamie Kennedy.

I’m sure that we will hear more as the week progresses and more information is released.

So sad – so very sad!

Tig