More Details on the Details of Brittany Murphy Tragedy
Photograph: Carlos Bonilla, Pacificcoastnews.com
I gotta say, this is a story that is really…well, not old per se, but one that makes me just want to leave this poor family alone. I don’t think there is really anyone on the planet who does not define this death as a tragedy, and yet with deaths like Jackson and Ledger making overdosing in Tinseltown front page news, this one is no exception. It seems people will go to no ends to find some kind of drug scenario to pin on poor Brittany’s death, when really, what will that change at this point? Let’s hope this latest news will be the last her poor family have to suffer in the wake of this tragedy. As it stands now Brittany Murphy’s widower Simon Monjack is “ridiculously upset” after it was ruled she died of community acquired pneumonia and multiple drug intoxication. Simon Monjack admits he and the actress’ mother, Sharon, were shocked by the findings from the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner following her death on December 20, as he didn’t think she was as ill as investigators discovered. He told People.com:
“I’m ridiculously upset. Everything surprised me and Brittany’s mom about the report. I expected the cause of death to be her heart. She was not that ill. She wasn’t coughing up. I’ve had pneumonia and coughed up handfuls of spittle. So yeah, everything surprised us, everything.”
The coroner’s Chief Assistant Ed Winter also attributed iron deficiency anaemia to contributing to her accidental death and ruled there were no illegal drugs found in her system. However, he said the 32-year-old ‘Clueless’ star’s death could have been prevented if she had been taken to hospital earlier. He said:
“It is true that I believe her death could have been preventable but she was actually very sick with pneumonia and was anaemic and she was taking prescription and over-the-counter medicine. Tragically, her mother had made an appointment for her to visit a doctor but she died just a few days before and they will always have to live with that.”
Winter also revealed there will be no criminal charges in Murphy’s death. He added: “Brittany Murphy was not a juvenile who was directly in her parents’ care - she was an adult.” A full autopsy report is expected to be released within two weeks, but it is hoped that this latest news, though upsetting to family members, will be the last of drug insinuations her family will have to suffer. It seems that this tragedy could have been prevented, but we are back to the old argument, what good does this do anybody now? At any rate, we hope sweet Brittany will continue to rest in peace, so that her family can finally begin that process themselves.
