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On the other hand
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 Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 1:37 pm Post subject: Brittany Murphy is dead |
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I wasn't overly aware of her who she was exactly, but I can say I did enjoy Clueless and Don't Say A Word. Also, I thought Uptown Girls was a little underappreciated, but Girl Interrupted was overrated.
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Actress Brittany Murphy, the 32-year-old starlet who got her start in the movie "Clueless," died Sunday in Los Angeles.
The troubled screen siren and singer went into full cardiac arrest early Sunday and could not be revived, according to a hospital spokeswoman.
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pkang0202
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| Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 5:10 pm Post subject: |
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| CArdiac Arrest at 32? She must've been a cokehead. |
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manlyboy
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Location: Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
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| Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 5:37 pm Post subject: |
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| It's sad that she died. It's even sadder that the deaths of people who play make-believe for a living are considered far more significant than the deaths of true life heroes. |
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CentralCali
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| Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 5:43 pm Post subject: |
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| pkang0202 wrote: |
| CArdiac Arrest at 32? She must've been a cokehead. |
Or had a heart condition. That's been known to happen in people far younger than 32. |
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peppermint
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Location: traversing the minefields of caddishness.
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| Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 5:53 pm Post subject: |
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| My guess is anorexia. She lost an awful lot of weight after Clueless. |
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Sector7G
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| Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 6:21 pm Post subject: |
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| CentralCali wrote: |
| pkang0202 wrote: |
| CArdiac Arrest at 32? She must've been a cokehead. |
Or had a heart condition. That's been known to happen in people far younger than 32. |
I liked her best in Sin City, and I loved her voice over as Luanne in King of the Hill.
And while it's really not cool to speculate like this I have to admit both coke and anorexia ran through my head when I heard the news.
Anyway, one does not have to be a "cokehead" to die from the use. I read that someone who only does it even occasionally may also greatly increase their risk of cardiac arrest.
http://www.inexcess.tv/?p=6759 |
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bucheon bum
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| Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 8:36 pm Post subject: |
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| CentralCali wrote: |
| pkang0202 wrote: |
| CArdiac Arrest at 32? She must've been a cokehead. |
Or had a heart condition. That's been known to happen in people far younger than 32. |
Yes, a friend's brother died when he was in his early 20s due to cardiac arrest. Didn't do drugs, avid hockey player and skier. One summer evening after playing street hockey, he died. Turned out he had some heart condition the doctors had never noticed (until it was too late obviously). |
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Rusty Shackleford
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| Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 8:39 pm Post subject: |
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| bucheon bum wrote: |
| CentralCali wrote: |
| pkang0202 wrote: |
| CArdiac Arrest at 32? She must've been a cokehead. |
Or had a heart condition. That's been known to happen in people far younger than 32. |
Yes, a friend's brother died when he was in his early 20s due to cardiac arrest. Didn't do drugs, avid hockey player and skier. One summer evening after playing street hockey, he died. Turned out he had some heart condition the doctors had never noticed (until it was too late obviously). |
That happens a lot to athletes. About one pro footballer a year dies of a heart attack. Jon Vivien foe is the most famous. A dutch dude died last year. And a Spanish guy who played for Sevilla as well. I guess exercise really isn't that good for you. |
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proustme
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| Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2009 11:30 pm Post subject: |
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| manlyboy wrote: |
| It's sad that she died. It's even sadder that the deaths of people who play make-believe for a living are considered far more significant than the deaths of true life heroes. |
Who is considering her far more significant then the deaths of other people? I don't see that. What I see is a news report of a famous person who has died. Sure, a famous person will make the national newspapers rather than local ones. What's sad is that you're drawing a trite and false conclusion based on no one even making the argument you show opposition to. |
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pkang0202
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| Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 12:34 am Post subject: |
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When the average joe dies at 32 by a heart attack, I would think heart condition or something. When a rich celebrity dies from a heart attack at a young age, I think of cocaine.
Am I wrong to make that assumption? Cocaine seems like an indulgence that the young and rich like to engage in.
don't get me wrong, you don't gotta be rich to pay for cocaine. However, its hard to keep the habit going when an eight ball is your paycheck for the week. |
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djsmnc
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| Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 5:53 am Post subject: |
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| pkang0202 wrote: |
When the average joe dies at 32 by a heart attack, I would think heart condition or something. When a rich celebrity dies from a heart attack at a young age, I think of cocaine.
Am I wrong to make that assumption? Cocaine seems like an indulgence that the young and rich like to engage in.
don't get me wrong, you don't gotta be rich to pay for cocaine. However, its hard to keep the habit going when an eight ball is your paycheck for the week. |
Tell me about it brah! One line up the nose equals 4 dudes in the gullet...for people who mess around with that crap, that is. |
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ReeseDog
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manlyboy
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Location: Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
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| Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 12:26 am Post subject: |
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| proustme wrote: |
| manlyboy wrote: |
| It's sad that she died. It's even sadder that the deaths of people who play make-believe for a living are considered far more significant than the deaths of true life heroes. |
Who is considering her far more significant then the deaths of other people? I don't see that. What I see is a news report of a famous person who has died. Sure, a famous person will make the national newspapers rather than local ones. What's sad is that you're drawing a trite and false conclusion based on no one even making the argument you show opposition to. |
If you can't see that Western society hero-worships entertainers, then there's no point in us having a debate. I'd argue with you about it but I honestly can't remember how to be so willfully stupid. |
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proustme
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Anyway, she was a human being. If she had been a serial killer without shame, I would ceded your point. However, you're saying that because she was famous actress, her life had little meaning. That is, little meaning to you. But she was a person, and I'm sure her family mourns her. Whether or not you do is of little significance to them, and your point about hero worship -- or the fact that her death making the news was predictable or not -- is moot.
You obviously put value on people's deaths on a graded scale. I'm sure you've got some criteria written down on a piece of paper in your pocket, and you pull it out every time someone's death makes the news. It's likely you rank even real life heroes' deaths higher or lower among themselves. Good luck with that.
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Rusty Shackleford
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| Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 12:36 am Post subject: |
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| manlyboy wrote: |
| proustme wrote: |
| manlyboy wrote: |
| It's sad that she died. It's even sadder that the deaths of people who play make-believe for a living are considered far more significant than the deaths of true life heroes. |
Who is considering her far more significant then the deaths of other people? I don't see that. What I see is a news report of a famous person who has died. Sure, a famous person will make the national newspapers rather than local ones. What's sad is that you're drawing a trite and false conclusion based on no one even making the argument you show opposition to. |
If you can't see that Western society hero-worships entertainers, then there's no point in us having a debate. I'd argue with you about it but I honestly can't remember how to be so willfully stupid. |
People who call others "willfully" stupid or ignorant because they don't agree with them, are the regular everyday kind of stupid. |
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