WITH 8 Mile and Sin City under her belt, in the noughties Brittany Murphy was one of the most in-demand celebrities. But in the run up to her tragic death in 2009, Brittany's carefully crafted career was starting to unravel.
She had been devastated after she was dropped from the sequel to kids’ movie Happy Feet allegedly over drug use accusations.
Months before she died in Los Angeles her character was axed from Jason Statham film The Expendables and Disney dropped her from the 2008 Tinker Bell film.
Her husband British screenwriter Simon Monjack - who died five months after from the same causes - was convinced Brittany wouldn’t have died if she had stayed in her hometown.
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