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American actress Brittany Murphy, who died suddenly at age 32, is to be buried Christmas Eve at a private ceremony at a cemetery in the Hollywood hills, local media reported.
The star of hit films such as "Clueless," "Just Married" and "8 Mile" died Sunday of apparent cardiac arrest, but an official cause of death will not be released for several weeks as coroners await the results of toxicology tests.
Murphy was to be laid to rest in a "strictly private" service Thursday at Forest Lawn Memorial Park with only a handful of family and friends, RadarOnline.com reported.
The entertainment website said Murphy's husband, screenwriter Simon Monjack, confirmed the funeral plans.
Monjack, in an interview Tuesday with People magazine, shot down suggestions that drugs were responsible for his wife's demise, saying instead that she had been ill for several days before her death.
TMZ.com, the respected entertainment website which broke the news earlier this year of the death of Michael Jackson -- who is also buried at Forest Lawn -- reported that multiple prescription drugs were found at Murphy's home on Sunday.
The website cited notes made by an investigator from the Los Angeles County Coroner's office as the source of the information.
According to the notes, a check of nightstands at Murphy's home "revealed large amounts of prescription medication in the decedent's name," as well as in the names of her husband, her mother and others.
The medications included painkillers, anti-depressants and anti-anxiety drugs, the report said.
The cemetery where Murphy was to be interred is the final resting place of several Hollywood legends, including actors Bette Davis, Lucille Ball, Gene Autry and Buster Keaton.
