Small, private funeral instead of Brittany Murphy
LOS ANGELES - Brittany Murphy family said words can not express the devastation they felt like they threw the 32-year-old actress, who in private funeral on Christmas Eve alone. The service began Thursday afternoon and continue through the evening, sang as a Christian minister and a rabbi presided and guests, "Amazing Grace" on the burial at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Hollywood Hills. 'dim a light was lit the world, but remain in the hearts of those that hit Britain in the life, "his family said in a statement. "The Brittany is an incredibly loving and passionate artist with his base." The intimate meeting was "very nice, very respectful," said long time family friend Alex Ben Block. He said Murphy Loved Christmas, and it is ironic that she was buried on Christmas Eve. Her husband, Simon Monjack, spoke about their relationship and called her best friend and soulmate. They married in 2007. His closest friends and his cousin, also recalled their fondest memories of her. A small group of journalists and a few new trucks waiting outside the main entrance of the cemetery where buried luminaries as Liberace, Bette Davis, Lucille Ball, Gene Autry and Freddie Prinze. Murphy died Sunday after the collapse of his home in Hollywood Hills. The authorities continue to investigate until death, but they have no idea foul play. An autopsy performed Monday was inconclusive and the coroner office is awaiting results of toxicology and tissue tests prior to the adoption of an official cause of death. Murphy moved with his mother, Sharon, in Los Angeles when she was a teenager to pursue an acting career. It began in television series and commercials in the 1990s before winning roles in various films. Their task was discovered in 1995 as a student without a school elegance (and best friend of the star Alicia Silverstone) in "Clueless." Murphy has worked steadily since. It has the screen with Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie split in 1999's "Girl, Interrupted." She played the love interest to Eminem "8 Mile" and his wife, Ashton Kutcher in "Just Married". "She sang a suspicious girlfriend in 2004" Little Black Book "and a waitress with an abusive former boyfriend in 2005's Sin City". They also expressed the penguin Gloria in the 2006 animated movie "Happy Feet". Murphy has been juggling several movie projects in the months before his unexpected death, cover two indie thriller about the summer and prepare for a romantic comedy turn in the next month. Feifer Michael Murphy, who in his last role, described the actress as a kind of professional and placed in good health on the set of "." Monjack accompanied him on the board and how their hair and make-up served. "Both are really took care of each other," said Feifer. "It was his teddy bear, and it was just his little princess." The future of movie thrillers and other Murphy, "Something Wicked" is uncertain. Neither has theatrical distribution. ___ AP Entertainment Writer Anthony McCartney contributed to this report.