films like “Clueless” and “Uptown Girls,” shocked the world when she was found collapsed on the shower floor of her West Hollywood home on Dec.
20, 2009. The Los Angeles County coroner’s office ruled her death as an accident, citing “community-acquired pneumonia,” with complications from chronic anemia and multiple uses of over-the-counter medications and antibiotics as the reason.At the time, the “8 Mile” star’s family stated that she would be utterly missed, adding that “a bright light that lit the world is forever dimmed, but will live on in the hearts of those that Brittany touched.”Meanwhile, some friends questioned her death and had feared something like this would happen. “Brittany has been living life on the edge.
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