Exclusive: Simon Monjack: I "Sobbed" Reading Brittany Murphy's Full Autopsy
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Simon Monjack tells UsMagazine.com it wasn't easy for him to read his late wife Brittany Murphy's final autopsy report, which was released Thursday.
He says he and the actress' mother Sharon "both sobbed and sobbed. I haven't gotten out of bed yet. I pulled the report away from Sharon because I thought I was going to have to sedate her."
Despite the anguish, he tells Us he found "solace" in the report because it reaffirmed what he had been insisting all along - that his wife never abused illegal drugs. (The report stated that she had "elevated levels" of Vicodin and drugs from over-the-counter cold medicine in her system.)
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"She never did anything that she was accused of!" he tells Us. "We never hid anything. And that's been the case with everything in our marriage. Maybe with her death, people will start to realize - yes, we had a lot of prescriptions around, but if you look at some of them, they date from 2001!"
As for doctor's reports that Murphy's death could have been prevented, Monjack tells Us, "Any death could be prevented. It's a tragedy."
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Monjack says he had no idea that his wife was suffering from pneumonia which, exacerbated by multiple drug intoxication, caused her to die Dec. 20 at age 32.
"Like all deaths, I go over and over and over it," he says. "She was dead within two hours of waking up, saying 'My chest is tight. I can't take a breath!' But that was part of her normal menstrual cycle. It was the perfect storm."
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He tells Us he wishes people would leave him alone and "stop coming out with these ridiculous stories" about their marriage.
"Our marriage was dogged by these ridiculous rumors. Brittany's life was dogged by ridiculous rumors, and the truth always wins out," Monjack tells Us. "I hope people have the sense to really understand that everything was beautiful and wonderful in our relationship and so pure."
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49I had pneumonia for four months or more before I went to a doctor. I was in so much pain but thought I had just bruised my back, so it can happen. I'm praying for Brittany's Mom and husband. Such a loss is one you never get over.
At the time of Brittany's death some of the media houses tart this parade that she died of drugs overdose..did the media take time out to find what kind of drugs? People began to say that Brittany was on drugs( this stigma is only attached to illegal drugs).So that was when her husband started making his noise.The fact of the matter is illegal or legal drugs when not administered correctly can kill anyone. I am sad Brit is dead, but glad that its not illegal drugs she died from.
Also, looking at that picture Hubby is a user too. WOW. No wonder he's in denial. Hmmmm,come to think of it, Brittany didn't start going downhill till AFTER she married his phat@zz! What a loser. All the Police had to do was search HIS stomach contents and the proof would have been in the pudding. Wow. Poor Brittany didn't even know she was married to a decietful wooly mammoth.
Hubby, of course she didn't die of illegal drug use instead she died of over the counter and prescribed drug abuse. Brittanyâ??s loser husband needs to shut up. I was a huge fan of B. Murphy and as a fan I noticed how pale, thin, dark eyed and sickly Brittany appeared. ANYONE with eyes and 10/20 vision could see that Brittany's appearance had changed drastically and SOMETHING was wrong! Loser hubby probably was too busy being in love with a celeb that he failed to pay attention to his WIFE. Ashton K. Made a statement that Brittany began hanging with a crowd that was not â??highlyâ?? respected. I stress HIGH! So, Husband needs to face the truth, regardless if the drugs were purchased from a dealer or a pharmacy the reality is she was on DRUGS and DIED as a result thereof. B. Murphy R.I.P. You will be missed.
Us magazine states(The report stated that she had "elevated levels" of Vicodin and drugs from over-the-counter cold medicine in her system.) So people do u believe her husband now or what? We need educated people form the medical areana to disect this report for us..so stop the curssing until then
Can't you haters just for once have some compassion for a beautiful young actress that died? She wasn't using illegal drugs. You are a bunch of stupid accusers that need to get a life. NOW F UCK OFF AND GO PESTER SOME REAL LOSER'S SITE.......... I HATE YOU ALL. You are pathetic excuses of humans and don't deserve to live your life. You disgust us that liked and loved her. I pity you and hope you rot in he11 for what you say, stupid f uckers.
Brittany was talentless Pig.
What are "Multiple Intoxicating Drugs and Pneumonia" as a cause of death mean?No new details here??!!I give the family the benefit of doubt.She is gone and that's sad.By the way,I am a nurse too and HYCODAN is a narcotic cough suppressant syrup, contains mostly VICODIN!
I FIND THE STATEMENT " I thought I was going to have to sedate her.",,,THIS IS AN INTERESTING STATEMENT. MAKE ME WONDER IF ALL THOSE DRUGS WERE USED TO ENCOURAGE ONE TO "SEDATE" ONESELF...HMMMMMM
F U to all you a holes out there who jumped everyone for saying she died from drugs. SHE DIED FROM DRUGS! Appology not accepted so go F yourselves while I bask in being right
Feeling tight in your chest to where it's hard to breathe is not a normal part of a menstrual cycle. It's the sign of a severe drug interaction. I had the same thing happen when I discovered I was allergic to amoxicillian.
I agree with "another nurse". I was just prescribed vicodin for bronchitis. Ten days ago. I did not ask for it. He just gave it to me. Doc said it "tastes better" than the tussin syrup.
February 26, 2010 - 11:27pm shirl. Says: I'm a nurse and Hydrocodone is not used as a cough suppressent, but codeine is!!!! ********************** Look up Endal elixir. It is used for coughs and hydrocodone is the active ingredient.
ALL THOSE VICS WILL CAUSE BREATHING TO DECREASE IF NOT STOP FOREVER!
I'm a nurse and Hydrocodone is not used as a cough suppressent, but codeine is!!!!
Lori A - If you don't like the comments, get off the board! You don't sound like you have much of a life. Stop insulting strangers.
February 26, 2010 - 4:16pm Mrs.Pfc.Boyd Says: And Lila if she was supposed to be taking the Vicoden every 4 hours than that would actually be the right amount to be missing. 109 would be enough for 18 days************************* You need a math lesson. She took 109 vicodin in 11 days which is almost 10 pills a day. The amount of tylenol alone in that much vicodin would be liver toxic. The amount of narcotic in addition is excessive. Vicodin was not intended to be taken over an extended period on time like that. It is for short term pain relief. If you need amounts that excessive you should be getting medical help for whatever is causing your pain (period, chest cold, etc.).
Interesting how this story keeps changing. Before he claimed she just had laryngitis, nothing about chest pain, shortness of breath, etc. "elevated levels of vicodin" is sugar coating for DRUG OVERDOSE. Why would he think that statement vindicates her?
February 26, 2010 - 1:12pm Suze Says: why was she on Vicodin for a chest cold/pneumonia?? ************************** Pneumonia can be very painful and the narcotic in vicodin is a good cough suppressant; however, the amounts she took were way beyond safe.
@Mandy 12:34pm You are 5'8 she is SHORTER than you. The coroner said she weighed 115 and was at a HEALTHY weight for her SMALL body frame. How big is your body frame? A persons FRAME affects how big or small they look and it affects what is a healthy weight for them as well as height does! Someone with a smaller frame that is SHORT will look thinner than someone else that is the same height but has a med or large frame! Someone tall with a small frame will look thinner than someone with a med or large frame but the same height and so on. You can not sit and say that they are lying when you were not there! Her cause of death was PNEUMONIA AND DRUG INTOX NOT OVERDOSE but INTOX! And Lila if she was supposed to be taking the Vicoden every 4 hours than that would actually be the right amount to be missing. 109 would be enough for 18 days. As far as the other did it say how many miligrams? I know that with Klonopin you take 2 at a time and take them 2 or 3 times a day so that really is not to far off either. As far as the comment about iron def means anexoria WRONG there are MANY causes for iron def anemia!!!! INFACT SHE HAD HORRIBLEY PAINFUL PERIODS THAT WERE VERY HEAVE THAT ALONE WILL CAUSE IRON DEF ANEMIA! So her being anemic DOES NOT POINT TO ANEXORIA! She was at a HEALTHY weight so OBVIOUSLY she was NOT anexoric! Get your "facts" straight lady! BTW LOBRI she was NOT taking it in excess! It clearly states that she was taking them CORRECTLY for the symptoms she had! Vicoden IS given as cough suppressent as well but she WAS on her period! I THINK what her husband meant was that he THOUGHT her cold and tight chest mixed with her NORMAL cycle was just a normal thing for being sick and on her period! He did NOT know she had pneumonia, noone did and she had a doctor appointment scheduled but she died 3 days before the appointment. She was taking OTC medications for her "cold" that she THOUGHT was all it was, those meds COMBINED with her regular vicoden medication and her having PNEUMONIA caused her to intox and have a build up in her bloodstream that NORMALLY she would NOT have had! REASEARCH PEOPLE RESEARCH!! Stop ASSUMING that you KNOW things ESPECIALLY things like "iron def anemia points to anexoria" That is a completely IGNORANT statement!