Red Arrows Take America

- This room is a personal favorite of mine.

Everything in here is original,

preserved in time.

You'll be joining some very distinguished company.

I bet.

- Some of the first guests at the Riverview were

numerous celebrities

and movie stars.

Like who?

- I'm not at liberty to divulge their names,

but rest assured,

the names would impress you.

I'm sure.

Thank you for the history lesson.

You're welcome.

Actress Brittany Murphy,

who began her career in the early 1990s

and became well-known for her roles

in "Girl, Interrupted," "Clueless," and "8 Mile,"

has died at the age of 32.

She was pronounced dead at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

just after 10:00 a.m.

Take three, mark.

Thank you.

Good? Okay.

Here's something I just want to say,

'cause I want to make sure we get it in.

I know people always say, "I don't want blah, blah,

remembered for blah, blah, what happened to them."

But, like, all of us agree

that one of the most painful things about this,

other than losing a life way too soon

and for such egregiously wrong reasons,

is that Brittany was so wonderful.

Like, there was nobody else like her.

She wasn't a Hollywood girl.

The movie of her life is like-- who walks into a room

and almost every single person there

is thrilled that you're there and then knows

that when she leaves the room and goes home,

she's the same freaking person

in the movie of her life?

- It's weird 'cause stuff happens,

and you don't really notice it while it's happening.

Life is sort of passing by.

[indistinct chatter over police radio]

Media and paparazzi

surrounded Brittany Murphy's Hollywood Hills home

that she shared with her husband of nearly three years,

British screenwriter Simon Monjack.

The world is stunned by the loss

of the seemingly healthy, young actress.

I got a call from my editor.

He said, "Brittany Murphy's died.

Get over to her house immediately."

You know, "Get the scoop."

When I got there, I can remember, like, barely

having anywhere to park my car

because there were so many reporters and paparazzi

all just at the foot of her driveway,

waiting, hoping that maybe her husband would come out.

I'd never heard of him before he married Brittany

and barely even after he married Brittany.

They weren't the Hollywood couple

that was photographed out at dinner all the time.

They were never out.

He was mysterious in the way of, like,

"Who are you?"

But we didn't know what happened.

All we knew is that this young

32-year-old Hollywood starlet

had suddenly died.

It came across my newsfeed--

"Brittany Murphy dies at 32 years old."

And I was like, "What?"

- Today I'm going to be telling you guys

about a true crime story

that I am really interested in,

as well as doing my makeup.

- Could have Brittany Murphy's death been prevented?

Absolutely.

- She was dealing with an eating disorder.

- Everybody thought, like, "Did she overdose?"

- This shady business guy that Brittany married,

something freaky happened.

- That could mean that she was being poisoned.

The FBI was watching them.

Is the house cursed?

- I called it. I knew she was murdered.

- Brittany Murphy-- what could have happened?

- Speculation's mounting about the sudden death

of actress Brittany Murphy.

Ed Winter is the assistant chief coroner.

- We're conducting an investigation

into the death of Brittany Murphy.

My name is Ed Winter.

I oversaw the high-profile celebrity deaths,

including Brittany Murphy's.

We responded to the residence, to her next of kin,

her husband, Simon, and Brittany's mother, Sharon.

Sharon was sitting on the couch,

and she'd cry a little bit, and then she'd stop,

and she'd talk with Simon or say something

and then start crying again.

Simon appeared to be somewhat under the influence,

just pacing around,

and he maybe wasn't totally coherent.

There were several little indicators

that just didn't feel right, you know?

You get that--the hair on the back of your neck stands up,

and it's like, "What?"

They basically said that they were up late.

She had flu-like symptoms.

They'd been in Puerto Rico two weeks earlier.

And when they were there, she became ill.

In the morning, Brittany went in the bathroom,

and after a short time,

Sharon discovered her unresponsive

on the bathroom floor.

They carried her into the shower

and turned on cold water

to see if they could revive her.

There was a delay to start CPR.

What's going on? Why did it get that far?

And if she's sick, why didn't somebody

pick up the phone or make arrangements?

Come on, something isn't right.

We'll be doing an autopsy.

The final results will be

pending toxicology and further tests.

- The chatter among us was overdose.

I mean, it seemed like the only logical thing

for someone that young in Hollywood.

Brittany had changed physically noticeably.

She was much thinner.

We thought, "Well, she went too far."

I kind of fucked it up.

Good afternoon, everybody.

My name is Ryk Schoonhiem,

and here we are at the 27th annual

Metuchen Country Fair.

This is "Metuchen on the Air."

Excuse me? - Would you like a children's--

- Yes, I would like a children's perspective.

Great.

- What is your name? - Brittany.

- Brittany, how you doing today, Brittany?

- Great, how are you? - Very good.

You want a job hosting a television show?

- Sure. - How about you interview

these people over here? - Okay, sure.

Hi, do you like the fair here today?

- Yeah. - What's your name?

Carissa.

- Where are you from? - Edison.

- You're from Edison. Oh, my goodness.

How old are you? - 11.

- Why are you here at the fair today?

'Cause it's fun.

Nice talking with you.

- Give us your name, and what school do you go to?

- Hi, my name is Brittany Murphy,

and I go to Herbert Hoover Middle School.

Thank you.

We're gonna be friends.

Okay?

- Grown-ups never stay friends with kids.

- I don't see any grown-ups around here.

- You raised her as a single mom?

Yes, yeah.

What happened to her dad?

- He was never around. It was just us.

- So she had no father growing up?

No, not at all.

- Did she always want to be in show business?

Yes, she started, you know,

in dance school and musical comedy classes

when she was little

because she always had so much energy,

and she just came out of me a show person.

My name is Really Rosie!

- Well, I have a bunch of photos

of our production of "Really Rosie."

She was so spectacular in this show.