The L.A. Coroner's Office just released their report on Simon Monjack's death, and within it is revealed a shocking truth: At the time of his passing, Simon Monjack was sharing a bed with Sharon Murphy, aka his dead wife Brittany Murphy's mother. That's not weird, right?
What is there to say but that the lives, times and now deaths of the becoupled Simon Monjack and Brittany Murphy have left us feeling, well, just plain weird, sketchy... and suspicious. Just consider it: A young married couple dying within five months of each other from the exact same causes (acute pneumonia and severe anemia) — raises an eyebrow or two, no?
Simon Monjack, husband of the late Brittany Murphy, was found dead last night in his Hollywood Hills home, just a mere five months after his wife's accidental death, thus making the whole saga that much weirder. As of yet, the cause of death is unknown, but would it be too far of a leap for your imagination to consider murder by the hands of his mother-in-law? (The two were rumored lovers after all.) Death by a broken heart? (It was his suspicion for Brittany.) Multiple drug intoxication. (Ahem, ahem.) Or, and we shouldn't be too dismissive about this last theory, maybe this is all an elaborate ruse, a death faked, a final "I got you" by the genius that society never got. More like a suspected heart attack, which seems almost too normal a conclusion for the oh-so-absurd narrative that is Simon Monjack.
More than two months after her unexpected death, TMZ learned today — courtesy of a chatty Simon Monjack — that Brittany Murphy left her entire estate to her mother Sharon in a handwritten will. Not only that, BUT, per his request, a more formal will was drafted after their marriage to include this statement: "I am married to Simon Monjack who I have intentionally left out of this will." Hmmm. Is he telling us this to silence the haters? Is he trying to beat them to the punchline? But wait, the weirdness isn't over.
Yes, it is possible to be both a bereaved widower AND a bit of a scam artist: Meet Simon Monjack. He's the man who sued Hollywood for Brittany, claiming that "they" broke her already-fragile heart by ignoring her talent and marginalizing her success. Unfortunately, autopsy results proved otherwise: Brittany Murphy Died From "Drug Intoxication" He also set up The Brittany Murphy Foundation, a "charitable organization" that would fund arts education for children in his late wife's honor and under her good name.
The autopsy results for Brittany Murphy are in... and it's not looking good for sketchy husband Simon Monjack, who has been on the attack ever since his beloved starlet died last December. "They killed her," he has said, blaming his wife's heart attack on the stress and "devastation" of being "let go" from Happy Feet 2. Actually, no. According to TMZ, hers was an "accidental death caused by 'community acquired pneumonia,' iron deficiency anemia, and multiple drug intoxication." Multiple drug intoxication and not a broken heart, of either the literal or metaphorical kind — a sad "I told you so" if there ever was one. But wait, it gets even weirder/sadder.
Brittany Murphy's husband, Simon Monjack, has scored a lengthy interview with The Daily Beast's Gerald Posner. In it, interesting/insane/sketchy revelations abound. First and foremost: his declaration to sue Warner Brothers for wrongful death. Second, did you know he has an insanely high IQ? Higher than Albert Einstein? Question: Is he overcome with grief, insane, or just plain sketchy?
Brittany Murphy's husband Simon Monjack wants you to know something about his wife's death: neither drugs nor alcohol nor an eating disorder killed Brittany at 32— it was her broken heart, both literally and metaphorically. Say otherwise, and you'll get sued. And he's looking at you British tabloids, the Los Angeles County Coroner's Department.
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At the moment it doesn't appear as though Brittany Murphy updated her will after her wedding to Simon Monjack (makes sense; what honeymooning, relatively healthy 32-year-old makes that a huge priority?). So as it currently stands, Brittany Murphy's mom Sharon Murphy will get everything: Brittany's home and her entire estate.
The rumor mill thinks there is a very good chance that Brittany Murphy may have suffered an overdose. It's been further alleged that her husband Simon Monjack may have suffered from drug addiction. Until the autopsy returns, no one will be sure what happened but it's safe to say that codependency around drug use can be deadly.
