"Silver screen muse" passed away strangely, husband died half a year later, unusual cause

With no illness or negative signs, the sudden passing of this star and her husband shocked Hollywood for 16 years. The cause of their deaths remains an unsolved mystery.

At the height of her fame, Brittany Murphy was once expected to be the "new princess of Hollywood" with her beautiful, radiant face and shiny blonde hair. However, her sudden departure and a series of strange events that followed turned Brittany Murphy into the central character in one of the most haunting cases in Hollywood entertainment.

Brittany Murphy was born in 1977 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, is one of the hottest actresses of the 1990s-2000s, a familiar face to audiences through famous movies such as: Clueless, Gir.l, Interrupted, 8 Mile with actor Eminem... Not possessing a standard beauty, the actress makes people fascinated by her sparkling eyes, romantic curly blonde hair and an innocent yet charming smile.

Her career had its ups and downs. After 2006, Brittany Murphy's name gradually faded. She no longer appeared in major projects, and was rumored to have been "turned away by Hollywood" due to suspicions of drug use and erratic behavior.

On December 20, 2009, Brittany Murphy was found unconscious in the bathroom of her private mansion in the Hollywood Hills. Despite being rushed to the emergency room, the actress did not survive and passed away at Cedars-Sinai Hospital, at the ag.e of 32.

The coroner's report later concluded that the cause of her deat.h was acute pneumonia, severe anemia, and poisonin.g from the use of multiple prescription drug.s - including: cold medicine, antidepressants, and painkillers. However, the sudden deat.h of a young, famous person, occurring under questionable conditions, left the public uneasy.

At this time, Simon Monjack - Brittany Murphy's husband quickly became the center of attention. A British screenwriter, Simon Monjack is 8 years older than the actress and has a history of financial scandals. The two got married in 2007 to the surprise of the public and the artist world, because there had never been any rumors of love between them before.

This British screenwriter is said to be overly controlling of Brittany Murphy, causing her to have almost no friends, managers or media representatives, and all contact must go through... her husband. American media likened the villa where Brittany Murphy lives with her mother and husband to a "closed fortress".

After his wife's deat.h, Simon Monjack refused to undergo an autops.y, and continued to give confusing interviews with erratic behavior. Less than 5 months later, tragedy struck again when on May 23, 2010, Simon Monjack himself was found dead in the same villa, also from... pneumonia and anemia, just like Brittany Murphy.

Two deaths with similar causes, occurring in the same villa just a few months apart, shocked the public. Brittany's family, especially her biological father - Mr. Angelo Bertolotti, did not accept the initial conclusion. In 2013, he hired an independent laboratory to test his daughter's hair sample. The shocking results were when they discovered signs of 10 heavy metals, often found in rat poiso.n or chemical toxins.

A theory immediately emerged, whether Brittany Murphy was poisoned or this was a conspiracy from the underworld. Many even speculated that Simon Monjack was behind it. However, the investigation agency still maintained the original conclusion and said that the hair test results could be due to environmental pollution or hair dye products.

At the same time, the media also mentioned another possibility: toxic mold in the villa. Some reports indicated that Brittany Murphy's residence had signs of mold, especially the bathroom area where she was found collapsed. However, this hypothesis was later dismissed due to lack of specific evidence.

The Brittany Murphy case has been open for nearly two decades now, but it remains one of the most mysterious stories in Hollywood. Although a documentary (What Happened, Brittany Murphy? - HBO, 2021) has attempted to shed light on it, what the public has received are only fragments of a heartbreaking tragedy.

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