NY Daily News: In an eerie final interview that may prove prophetic, tragic actress Brittany Murphy confessed she shared concerns about her frail frame."I am a bit thinner now than what I would like to be," Murphy, 32, admitted to Fox News' Pop Tarts at an event just 2 ½ weeks before her untimely death Sunday.
The rail-thin actress, for years dogged by eating disorder and drug use rumors that she denied, was quick to credit her workout routine.
"I was a ballerina for a long time," the saucer-eyed starlet said. "I still take ballet lessons now - what it does to your body is incredible."
Despite her emaciated appearance, Murphy was upbeat and making plans for the future.
"As far as having a New Year's resolution, I'd love to have a child next year," she told Access Hollywood at the same clothing store event on Dec. 3.
"I've been very blessed to have a really great loving husband," she said. "I spend more time with my family than anyone else in the world."
Two days before the store event, Murphy appeared at the Los Angeles premiere for her indie flick "Across the Hall."
In an interview with Maximo TV, the star seemed sweet but a bit dazed and lost track of the reporter's questions. She said she couldn't explain her character's cheating ways because she was nothing like the character in real life.
The Los Angeles coroner's office is investigating the "Clueless" star's death and is expected to perform an autopsy today or tomorrow.
The screen siren and singer was in full cardiac arrest and could not be revived after her beloved mother - who told paramedics the actress was diabetic - found her unconscious in the shower, TMZ reported.
Five paramedics who arrived after the 8 a.m. 911 call feverishly administered CPR as Monjack wandered around in his pajama bottoms, a witness told RadarOnline.
Murphy was pronounced dead at 10:04 a.m. at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
Murphy had been suffering from flulike symptoms for days and was throwing up profusely in the hours before she died, TMZ said.
"There were a lot ... a lot of prescriptions in the house," a source said.
The troubled starlet rose to fame in 1995 as the sidekick Tai in "Clueless," who went from awkward wallflower to snotty hottie.
She has appeared in more than 25 movies since then, including 1997's "Bongwater," "Girl, Interrupted" in 1999, "8Mile" and "Sin City."
Murphy, whose gravelly voice rocked the animated film "Happy Feet," even broke into the dance club world with the hit single "Faster Kill Pussycat."
Murphy lived in Edison, N.J., before moving to California when she was 13 and landing her first television role in "Blossom."
She underwent a transformation from a too-pudgy-for-Hollywood brunette to a bone-thin blond - with cleavage ample enough to land her in Maxim's 100 hottest women in 2006.
Speculation over her weight loss haunted her for years, but she dismissed reports that her weight was connected to drug use or an eating disorder.
"I have never tried (cocaine) in my entire life," she told Jane magazine.
Friends openly worried that she had become addicted to the prescription painkiller Vicodin after undergoing plastic surgery.
"Brittany has been living life on the edge," one source told Britain's Daily Mail.
She was set to play a small role in Sylvester Stallone's upcoming film "The Expendables," due out in August. Earlier this month, she abruptly left the Puerto Rico set of "The Caller."
Twitter was abuzz with tributes from stars, like old squeeze Ashton Kutcher, her co-star in 2003's "Just Married."
"See you on the other side kid," Kutcher tweeted.
Screenwriter and director Kevin Smith referred to the actress' oft-quoted line in "Clueless": "G'night,Ms. Murphy; hope you're rollin' with the homies someplace nice."
In a statement, her family called Murphy's death a "terrible tragedy. She was ... a shining star."
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