Overview
- Netflix will release Being Eddie on Nov. 12, presenting a rare, in‑home retrospective of Murphy’s five-decade career.
- In new remarks to USA TODAY, Murphy says he wants immediate cremation with no funeral or memorial to spare loved ones the “trauma.”
- He says he has paid for funerals of colleagues including Redd Foxx and Rick James, and he purchased tombstones for William “Billie” Thomas Jr. and Tim Moore.
- Murphy emphasizes fatherhood as his defining legacy, noting he has 10 children whose ages span from about 7 to the mid‑30s.
- The documentary features interviews with Dave Chappelle, Chris Rock, Jamie Foxx, Jerry Seinfeld, Pete Davidson, Tracy Morgan and others, and it revisits milestones from SNL to Beverly Hills Cop and Shrek.