Rep: Brittany Murphy's Husband Did Not Die From Drug Overdose
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Simon Monjack was in good spirits the night before he was found dead in the same Hollywood Hills home where wife Brittany Murphy collapsed and died in December.
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"I was with Simon and Sharon until 8:30 Saturday night," Roger Neal, spokesperson for both Simon and Murphy's mother, Sharon, tells UsMagazine.com.
The three had been planning to relaunch their charity gala, the Brittany Legacy Awards, later that week, after temporarily shutting down in February once it was discovered the foundation did not have nonprofit status.
"He was fine. He was really excited," Neal says of the Monjack, 39, who police believe passed away from natural causes. "He had photos of Brittany that had never been seen, so he was going to do a photo exhibit and take a few of those prints and sell those to the fundraiser for the foundation...I think this whole process of the photo exhibit and the gala was going to be a big part of the healing process."
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But charity wasn't the only thing the British screenwriter shared with Sharon and Neal that evening.
"He let me know that he had scheduled to do a heart surgery, but he elected to wait until he was 100 percent focused, he and Sharon on this gala," Neal says.
Neal doesn’t believe Monjack’s death was in any way attributed to drugs. (L.A. Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter told Us that prescription meds were found around his body. ) “There was no PMD [police medic] or somebody that tried to say that he overdosed or anything, which we definitely, absolutely do not believe in any way, shape or form. He was too full of life, had too much going on and was too busy. If you’re going to check out, you don’t do the things he was doing or be as busy as he was.”
With Monjack’s grief over Murphy’s death beginning to subside, the British screenwriter -- who admitted to Us he had difficulty sleeping and felt despondent after Murphy's death -- was looking forward to moving forward with his mother-in-law.
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"Put it this way, if your spouse passes away and you weren’t a nice guy, there would be no reason for the mother-in-law to hang around or to be around you," Neal says. "The fact that the mother-in-law loves you like a son and calls you a genius in everything you do, obviously he was real. He was devoted to Brittany."
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19You people are total and complete idiotic moronic fools!!! This is nothing but sheer "backwoods, ignorant, trailer trash" mentality! This caliber of people shouldn't even be allowed to post comments for fear that they might do just exactly what you all have done here!! OMG!!! First of all, I'd like to know where you people come from (what planet)? Cause you certainly can't be human. Second, where do you all get off thinking that you fools know more than a professional medical examiner (coroner), pd investigators, forensic specialists, etc., etc. ? And since when is calling someone "honey" mean that your sleeping with them? For your information, I CALL EVERYONE HONEY! Anybody that I'm close to or that is dear to me gets called "HONEY"! Have done it all my life! I've done this for so long to so many people that I don't even know I'm doing it anymore. Its a term of endearment! Its like saying "sweetie", "baby", "sugar", or any of many terms people use as endearments. They mean nothing of the kind! If a total stranger holds the door open for me at the grocery store, I will automatically voice my thanks with "Thank you honey"!!!!! Trust me, I'm not sleeping with that person!!! Only people with sick and perverted minds think in this manner. I am 60 yrs. old and throughout my lifetime I have found that most people who think this way are usually people who themselves have done the very thing that they are accusing others of doing and that's why they automatically assume that everybody else is doing what they're accusing them of doing! It's your own consciounse speaking! Just because your guilty of such vile and evil acts doesn't mean that everybody else is too! You don't know these people! These people could be more decent than anybody you've ever known. You don't know!!!! Why would you hurl such evil, wicked and perverted comments against people you've never met and know nothing about? Well, its been my experience that when you have someone so ready and eager to attack others with such unfounded venomous and hurtful accusations, its usually because the accuser is guilty of said accusations him/herself! Don't accuse and maligne others because of your own guilt. You people just can't stand that there weren't any juicy details about drug abuse or infidelity or murder to be scandalous about so you decide your just gonna make something up and "make" it juicy gossip so you and your friends can start the judging and condeming of these people because after all, who better to judge and condemn than you, ha? Remember that not EVERYBODY does what YOU do! You need to shut your f.....king mouths and keep all that venom where it belongs........ in you! IDIOTS!!
long live Brittany Murphy
My theory is that Sharon (Brittany's mum) and Simon (Brittany's husband) were having an affair even BEFORE Brittany died. She caught them at it that day- was depressed & died of shock and distress. They watched her died & threatened to expose her should she talk- PLEASE read carefully the 911 call below made by Sharon, she keeps CALLING SIMON "HONEY"- as she describes her dying daughter and as he (Simon) tries to resustate her!! this whole thing makes me feel sick in the pit of my stomach!! operator tries several times to coach Sharon Murphy and Monjack through the chest compressions. Monjack is heard counting in the background. "That's too slow. It's got to be a little faster than that," the operator says. "He's counting every other pump," Sharon explains. "Don't stop, honey. Don't stop!" The desperate mom even turns to Brittany's prized Maltese, Clara, for help. "What number are you at, honey? Clara, what number is daddy at?" she asks.
You people are vultures! You were positive Brittney died from a drug overdose and she did NOT. Then you said her husband OD'D or was killed by her mother (screwed up thinking right there) and yet you were WRONG AGAIN!! He had a freaking HEART ATTACK!!! IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH DRUGS AND HE NEEDED HEART SURGERY!!!!
The mother was the sole inheritor of Brittany's estate. If there was friction between them over the money, they wouldn't have continued to live together after Brittany died. This was a overweight man with a bad heart who was under stress from grieving his wife. Sometimes s*** just happens.
There is something very very wrong here.
Minnie we cant help it if we are pointing out the obvious because we find it strange that Brittanys mother was in the home and was the one to find both of their bodies. The mother had something to gain with her daughters death=$$$$$$ and if she thought that Simon could get some of that money, she offed him too...
For all you who are pointing the finger at the mother- shame on you. Brittany and her husband had heart problems. The husband was also overweight and Brittany was underweight. Both can damage a person's health. If you make accusations like this you'd better be pretty sure you're right otherwise you're causing horrible pain to someone who's already suffering. It is not unheard of for one spouse to follow closely after the other. Before Simon died, most people were saying he killed her, now you all are picking on the mother. People die all the time, but because these are famous and therefore larger than life, everything has to be a conspiracy. Give me a break.
There is something very shady about this deal!
This is looking fishy. What's Sharon up to? Found her daughter&now her son in law lying on the floor in their Hollywood Hills home. Hmmnn. Something strange about her alibi. Perhaps she should be under suspicion
The mother is The Angel of Death. Holy cr@p, two healthy young people die in the same house with the same person present within months of each other. Not possible.
Kate: Thats exactly what i was thinking, i think that the loony mother knocked off her daughter for the money and didnt want her husband to somehow get some money and knocked him off too.... The police should really check into that theory....
very strange to me.he was planning a gala in honor of his wife..he wouldnt die broken heart,he was wanting tooo do something for her.same way same person found each of them..like henry lee would say something wrong here
Sure does sound like to me he was sleeping with brittany murphy mom..he knew if he took enough medicine it would cause him to have a heart attack so yes he did take his own life!!!!
Quit saying these young people are dying of natural causes!!!! RX pills kill! You don't have to have a thousand pills in your system to kill you. It can build up over time, you can take two different pills and it could kill you. it could cause organ failure and then they can say, oh it was natural causes, he had a heart problem. Yea right. Liars.
No one knows what went on in their marriage, so no one can really make anyone out to be a villan. I think it is sad that a man this young, no matter your feelings, has died, and people can be so hateful!
How creepy that he died in the same manner as his wife and the same person found him....hmmmmm
LOL!!!! I see that Perez Hilton story got tossed in the trash...Please keep it there. No one likes that fat slob blogger
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