The young star died Dec. 20, 2009 after battling flu-like symptoms for a few days
, in which she starred alongside her real-life boyfriend at the time, Ashton Kutcher.
“She was really sick with pneumonia, very anemic, and she was taking medication,” Coroner Asst. Chief Ed Winter told PEOPLE at the time, “and all that combined killed her.” “This death could’ve been preventable,” he said. “Murphy was planning on seeing a doctor, but she unfortunately passed away before she did. This was a case of a person with pneumonia who was anemic and was taking medication when she should’ve been getting medical treatment.”
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