Cliffview Pilot

EDITORIAL: You know when we'll know what killed Brittany Murphy? When the L.A. County coroner tells us. Meantime: "celebrity blogger" Perez Hilton should have his pea-sized testicles removed and shoved down his throat.

You could add his member, too -- if he actually had one. Then we could "speculate" on why he got the old Sicilian rat treatment.

Hilton wrote on his blog: “People just don’t typically die at 32 of natural causes!!!!!!!" Yes they do, genius.

I've known people in their 20s who died of cardiac arrest. Many of them were athletes, Often it's because of a condition that went unnoticed -- and, as a result, untreated. So show a little respect, vermin. The body isn't even cold and you're already blaring tabloid-style headlines in the cybermarket.

These clueless and gutless low-lifes couch their feeble attempts at getting nasty thoughts into publication by using catch phrases such as "speculation surrounding" or "it's been said" when they know nothing of the sort. They should be required to cite their sources.

"Absolutely devastating," Hilton wrote on his blog. "Especially because this comes as no surprise! We, and those who knew Brittany personally, saw this coming. That does not make this any less horrible.... Lindsay Lohan and Courtney Love take note: that could have been YOU!"

I wrote about a young, popular woman's death because I'd discovered it within minutes of when it was first reported. So I let people know. I didn't get into possible causes, speculation or anything else besides the fact that this sad development occurred -- around the holiday season, no less. I reported what I knew to be certain, the way responsible adults do.

What does the phrase "extremely thin actress" mean, anyway? Which of them isn't? After Minnie Driver's breakout role, she grew smaller and smaller, until the skin stretched across her skull. But no one said anything about that.

“In this time of sadness, the family thanks you for your love and support," a Murphy family representative said. "It is their wish that you respect their privacy.”

Obviously, Perez Hilton and his type couldn't care less.