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Actress Brittany Murphy, 32, was laid to rest at a small, private funeral on Christmas Eve, while a larger memorial service might be held in early 2010.
Family spokesman Alex Ben Block said the funeral Thursday for the “Clueless” and “Girl, Interrupted” actress was by invitation-only at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Hollywood Hills, Calif.
The actress died after collapsing Sunday at her Hollywood Hills home.
An autopsy performed Monday was inconclusive, and the coroner’s office is awaiting results of toxicology and tissue tests before determining a cause of death.
Murphy moved with her mom to Los Angeles as a teen to pursue an acting career. She started out in sitcoms and commercials in the early 1990s before starring in several films, including “8 Mile” with Eminem, “Just Married” with Ashton Kutcher, “Little Black Book” and “Sin City.”
Murphy was juggling multiple movie projects in the months before her death, wrapping two indie thrillers over the summer and preparing to shoot a romantic comedy next month.
The private funeral Thursday afternoon was an intimate affair, Block said, noting the irony that Murphy loved Christmas and would be buried on Christmas Eve.
Other stars buried at Forest Lawn include Liberace, Bette Davis, Lucille Ball, Gene Autry and Freddie Prinze.
