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More than a decade after Brittany Murphy’s death at age 32, HBO Max commissioned a documentary exploring the legacy she left behind. The streaming service today announced that the two-part document will provide a “deep and intimate” view of the late actress’s life, featuring new interviews with loved ones and archival footage never seen before. It also promises to delve deeply into the “mysterious circumstances surrounding Murphy’s tragic death” at his home in Los Angeles in 2009, which was determined at the time to be caused by pneumonia, iron deficiency anemia and “multiple drug intoxication”. Murphy’s widower, Simon Monjack, died in 2010 in the same location under similar conditions. “I agreed to make this film because I think it’s a shame that Brittany’s promising life and career has been eclipsed by the circumstances of her death,” director Cynthia Hill said in a statement. “I think it is important to celebrate Brittany’s talent as we struggle to explain the tragic circumstances of her and Simon’s death.”