LOS ANGELES — Brittany Murphy’s family said words can’t express the devastation they felt as they laid the 32-year-old actress to rest at a private Christmas Eve funeral. The service began Thursday afternoon and stretched into the evening as a Christian minister and a rabbi presided and guests sang “Amazing Grace” at the grave site at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills.
The intimate gathering was “very nice, very respectful,” said longtime family friend Alex Ben Block. Murphy’s husband, Simon Monjack, talked about their relationship and called her his best friend and soul mate. The two married in 2007.
Murphy died Sunday after collapsing at her Hollywood Hills home. Authorities continue to investigate but do not suspect foul play. The Associated Press
