Husband Lists Few Meds in Murphy Home; Coroner Notes Say Otherwise
Brittany Murphy's grieving widower, Simon Monjack, has endured three grueling days since the 'Clueless' star's tragic death Sunday. In a tear-filled interview with
PEOPLE, a "devastated" Monjack recounts his wife's final days spent sick in bed and denies there were many prescription drugs in the house -- a claim that clashes with
newly leaked coroner's notes.
Monjack reveals that his wife, who died of cardiac arrest, suffered from a heart murmur that can cause irregular heartbeats. However, her case was so minor that she did not require medication to treat it. He says Murphy was in bed all day Saturday with a case of laryngitis, taking herbal remedies that would not have accounted for her death.
"She was on herbal remedies that wouldn't speed up her heart," Monjack says. "There was nothing here that could endanger her; there was prescription medication in the house for her female time and cough syrup. That was it."
But Monjack's inventory does not mesh with leaked notes from an investigator with the L.A. County Coroner's office, which detail "large amounts of prescription medication" in Murphy's name near her bed.
The notes,
acquired by TMZ, also described "numerous empty prescription medication bottles in the decedent's husband's name, the decedent's mother's name and unidentified third party names."
Among the medications apparently found in the bedroom were Klonopin (anxiety), Topamax (anti-seizure), Hydrocodone (pain relief) and Propranolol (hypertension).
The investigator noted that Murphy had a history of hypoglycemia and was hospitalized in April 2009 for low blood sugar.
Coroner's officials are looking into how TMZ obtained the details. "I'm furious," Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter said on Tuesday.
Asked by PEOPLE if there was any possibility his wife overdosed on medication, Monjack replied: "I can get rid of that one right now."
Monjack -- a photographer and writer who penned and produced 2006's 'Factory Girl' -- wed Murphy in 2007 in a small, private ceremony at their house. The couple never announced their engagement, and hardly ever made public appearances together. He believes their behind-the-radar lifestyle may be fueling the misinformation and negative reports about him.
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Why does she have to be abusing anything? Its said she died of natural causes. If she took medications they couldnt be her cause of death or it wouldnt be called a nautural death. Maybe an accidental overdose. She was sick and did have medical issues that may or not have been caused on her entire life's choices and how she treated her body but as i see it she wasn't in the spotlight much the last few years so I don't think she was doing anything too bad or it would've been all over the media.
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People....please be careful when mixing herbal remedies with prescription medications. (Especially psychiatric medications such as Topamax and Klonopin)...some natural herbs can cause serious and sometimes fatal reactions! It is sad but I would bet that this is what happened to her! My heart goes out to her family!
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It is a battle for a quality of life that few people understand. I think it's sick that they printed the list of med in a magazine.Plus there are med there that were her husbands and mothers who also lived in the home! .
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