Brittany Murphy's Husband Found Dead

[Mendoza Line]

Thought this was weird, and didn't see it here at the Mall....

Nearly five months to the day after the shocking death of Brittany Murphy, the actress' screenwriter husband has been found dead in the master bedroom of the couple's Hollywood Hills home. Simon Monjack was 39.

Paramedics were called to the scene just before 9:30 p.m. Sunday. The person sounding the 911 alert was Brittany's mother, Sharon—who shared the home with her son-in-law and who made the heart-wrenching emergency call on the day her daughter died.

LAPD detectives and coroner officials were on the scene investigating, but police said there were no signs of foul play and Monjack appeared to have died of a heart attack. The medical examiner confirmed drugs were recovered.


"This evening Mr. Monjack was found unresponsive. Paramedics responded to the house, he was pronounced at [9:45 p.m.]," said coroner's lead examiner Ed Winter. "It appears to be natural.

"There were some prescription drugs found that belonged to Mr. Monjack and will have an ongoing investigation. The cause of death is pending. We will have an autopsy in the next day or so. And pending toxicology, we will be releasing results once we get all those tests back."

Winter added that "there were no illicit drugs located, just prescription meds."

The British-born Monjack's IMDb résumé included two films: a story credit on Factory Girl, the 2006 biopic of Andy Warhol sidekick Edie Sedgwick starring Sienna Miller; and as writer-director-producer of the U.K. indie drama Two Days, Nine Lives. He also dabbled in photography.

Murphy died of cardiac arrest in the same house on Dec. 20. The coroner ruled her death accidental, the fatal combination of pneumonia, anemia and prescription drugs, many of which were prescribed in Monjack's name. The Clueless star was just 32.

The last time Winter met Monjack was during the Murphy probe. "He was a despondent husband. The family is devastated over his passing and, like I said, it is under investigation. I ask that you give the family some privacy from this point on."

In February, Monjack came under scrutiny after it was learned he was trying to raise funds for the Brittany Murphy Foundation without applying for nonprofit status with the IRS. He wound up scuttling the foundation and returned all donations.

A month later, Monjack told E! News he was planning on selling the couple's home and moving to New York, along with Sharon.

—Additional reporting by Christopher Hall

(Originally published May 24, 2010, at 12:16 a.m. PT)

[iggs111]

i might lose sleep over this

[be47320]

westcoast...you going to be ok? Especially after hard he took the dj am death...worried about him....iggs will you check on him?

[iggs111]

Originally Posted by be47320

westcoast...you going to be ok? Especially after hard he took the dj am death...worried about him....iggs will you check on him?

will do, be. Should I go knock on his door or just shoot him a courtesy text?

[Mendoza Line]

Personally don't care, but just thought it was weird that he died a few months after her, and just like her, no readily evident reason. Black mold? Radon? Some undetectable drug? Weird.

BE -- I thought it seemed odd that they used the DJ AM scenes in Iron Man 2, but then I realized that they were super-expensive to shoot, so they probably said "screw it, we gotta keep it."

[be47320]

Originally Posted by iggs111

will do, be. Should I go knock on his door or just shoot him a courtesy text?

text should be sufficient...if he doesnt answer you might want to run over there....tell him we are all here for him

[be47320]

Originally Posted by Mendoza Line

BE -- I thought it seemed odd that they used the DJ AM scenes in Iron Man 2, but then I realized that they were super-expensive to shoot, so they probably said "screw it, we gotta keep it."

its weird watching peeps who recently died (especially young ones) in movies...i.e. the joker

[be47320]

God forbid something happens to shia lebouf....westy will go off the deep end

[iggs111]

Originally Posted by be47320

God forbid something happens to shia lebouf....westy will go off the deep end

oh mannnnnn, please dont remind me. No clue how we would be able to keep him under control

[westcoastO]

just got the text from iggy and now this makes sense. i'm not ok at all as a matter of fact.

[iggs111]

getting worried guys, hasn't answered my text

[be47320]

seriously bro...if you need to talk im not here for you...but chris and iggs are..its nice to have a shoulder to cry on or someone to grieve with in times like this

[iggs111]

oh nvm, there he is!!! Dude you ever gonna answer me?

[iggs111]

Originally Posted by be47320

seriously bro...if you need to talk im not here for you...but chris and iggs are..its nice to have a shoulder to cry on or someone to grieve with in times like this

lmao. Glad to have you back be

[Mendoza Line]

When Lindsey Lohan hangs herself in prison, that will certainly be too much to take.

WCO -- how much do you weigh? And Iggs, can I be a pall-bearer with you?