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Small, private funeral held for Brittany Murphy

LOS ANGELES — Brittany Murphy’s family and friends celebrated her life at a private Christmas Eve funeral in Los Angeles.

Family spokesman Alex Ben Block says Murphy was buried Thursday at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. Block says the invitation-only gathering was “very nice, very respectful.”

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He says a Christian minister and a rabbi presided over the service, and guests sang “Amazing Grace” at the grave site.

The 32-year-old actress died after collapsing at her Hollywood Hills home on Sunday.

Authorities continue to investigate the death but do not suspect foul play. An autopsy performed Monday was inconclusive, and the coroner’s office is awaiting results of toxicology and tissue tests before determining an official cause of death.