Brittany Murphy's birth name is Brittany Bertolotti.
Her mother is Sharon Murphy, and her father Angelo Bertolotti. When her parents got divorced she changed her surname from Bertolotti, to her mother's surname 'Murphy'. She added the middle name 'Anne', to be Brittany Anne Murphy.
Brittany Murphy, who was 32 years old, died on Sunday, 20 December 2009.
She died after she collapsed in the bathroom of her, and husband Simon Monjack's home. Brittany's mother, Sharon Bertolotti, found her unconscious, and her husband called 911. Reports are she went into full cardiac arrest.
Brittany Murphy was announced dead on arrival at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
Her husband, Simon Monjack, said in an interview on 21 December 2009, that she had flu-like symptoms, and laryngitis the days prior to her death, and that she was very tired after she made a couple of movies this year (2009).
No further details has been released to the public yet.
