Brittany Murphy Dies

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Just one day after the death Brittany Murphy, her husband Simon Monjack has spoken out exclusively to Access Hollywood about the untimely loss of his wife.
"My world was destroyed yesterday," an emotional Monjack told Access Hollywood on Monday afternoon.
Following the news of the actress' death at the age of 32 on Sunday, the Hollywood community offered an outpouring of love and condolences for Murphy - and one message, in particular, was very moving to Monjack.
"I loved what Ashton [Kutcher] wrote on Twitter. It was comforting to me," Monjack told Access Hollywood, adding he did not know his wife's former "Just Married" co-star personally. "I couldn't have said it better."
The message posted by Ashton read, "2day the world lost a little piece of sunshine. My deepest condolences go out 2 Brittany's family, her husband, & her amazing mother Sharon. see you on the other side kid."
As far as what happened inside the actress' home early Sunday, when Murphy was found unresponsive in the shower, Monjack said up to that point, it had just been "a regular day."
"[Her mother] Sharon went into the bathroom because she had been in there a long time. Her mom screamed for me and I ran. Then called 911," he revealed.
As previously reported on AccessHollywood.com, Los Angeles Fire Department responded to a 911 call from the home at 8 AM on Sunday and eventually transported Murphy to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. She was pronounced dead at the facility at 10:04 AM.
While LA County Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter told Access Hollywood the actress' death "appears to be natural at this time" on Sunday, an autopsy was being conducted on Monday to determine the exact cause of death.
With regards to the coroner noting she may have suffered from flu-like symptoms in the days leading up to her death, Monjack admitted Murphy had been sick - but it did not seem like it was anything serious.
"She had laryngitis," he said, noting she had seen a doctor. "She had been tired at the end of the year. She had made a couple movies."
In his interview with Access, Monjack - who married Murphy in 2007 - took exception to the idea that his wife may have been linked to people who were bad influences on her.
"I don't know why anyone would think that," he said. "She found love. We found love. Brittany didn't get to where Brittany was with anyone controlling her… Brittany was Brittany."

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The body of actress Brittany Murphy has been released to a storied Hollywood memorial park where a private service is reportedly scheduled for Christmas Eve.
A coroner source told the Daily News that Murphy's body was released to Forest Lawn after Monday's autopsy - the same memorial park where Bette Davis, Lucille Ball and John Ritter are buried.
Tomorrow's daytime memorial service will be "strictly private," RadarOnline.com reported.
In an exclusive interview with the Daily News, Murphy's husband Simon Monjack said he and Murphy's mom Sharon are devastated by the "Clueless" star's untimely death from cardiac arrest Sunday morning.
"I haven't slept," he said Tuesday. "Sharon and I are getting each other through, taking turns crying."
The exact cause of Murphy's death is deferred pending toxicology and tissue tests that could take four to six weeks. Investigators have ruled out foul play but booked several prescriptions in Murphy's name into evidence.
Monjack, 39, adamantly denied reports that Murphy, 32, may have overdosed or suffered from an eating disorder.
"My wife did not take anything on the morning of her death that would have caused her to be sick or ill, let alone die. It's beyond even the sickest speculation," he told the News.
"The attacks on me, the attacks on my wife and suggestions that she was anorexic and drug addicted, it's like, look at the (recent) photographs," he said. "Look at that smile. That's not the smile of an anorexic or drug addict or someone in a bad marriage. That's someone who was content with her life."
Murphy weighed 115 pounds at her autopsy, Chief Coroner Investigator Craig Harvey told the News.
That's within medical recommendations for her height of 5-feet 5-inches.
"He has lost the love of his life," Monjack's mom Linda Monjack told The Jewish Chronicle.
A source told People.com that a larger memorial service is expected to follow the smaller private ceremony sometime in the new year.


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