US actress Brittany Murphy dies at 32: police

Brittany Murphy's husband says he was devastated by the 32-year-old's untimely death and that the actress had suffered from laryngitis in the days before she died."My world was destroyed," an emotional Simon Monjack told the television entertainment news program "Access Hollywood."The British screenwriter spoke a day after the "Clueless" star died on Sunday after suffering cardiac arrest at her home.

The husband of late actress Brittany Murphy has been found dead, authorities confirmed Monday, five months after his wife's accidental death.British screenwriter Simon Monjack, 39 was discovered unconscious at the couple's home in the Hollywood Hills late Sunday before being pronounced dead, the Los Angeles County Coroner's office confirmed Monday.Preliminary investigations indicated his death was natural causes, a Los Angeles Police Department spokesman said.

Los Angeles coroners were to carry out an autopsy on the body of Brittany Murphy on Monday following the 32-year-old actress's sudden death at the weekend.Assistant Coroner Ed Winter said initial reports indicated that the star of "Clueless" and "8 Mile" died from heart-related causes but said toxicology tests would also be carried out.The TMZ.com entertainment website reported meanwhile that Murphy was very ill in the hours before her death on Sunday and that multiple prescription drugs were discovered in her home.

American actress Brittany Murphy, who died suddenly at age 32, was buried on Christmas Eve with a private ceremony at a cemetery in the Hollywood hills, local media reported.The star of hit films such as "Clueless," "Just Married" and "8 Mile" died Sunday of apparent cardiac arrest, but an official cause of death will not be released for several weeks as coroners await the results of toxicology tests.Murphy was laid to rest in a "strictly private" service Thursday at Forest Lawn Memorial Park with only a handful of family and friends, RadarOnline.com reported.

Brittany Murphy died from multiple drug intoxication, pneumonia and "iron deficiency anemia," Los Angeles coroners said Thursday, ruling the actress's death an accident.The Los Angeles County Coroner's office said the full autopsy report concerning the 32-year-old "Clueless" star would be available later this month.Murphy died at her home in Los Angeles on December 20, her sudden death causing shockwaves to ripple across the entertainment industry and triggering inevitable speculation that drugs were responsible.

American actress Brittany Murphy, who died suddenly at age 32, is to be buried Christmas Eve at a private ceremony at a cemetery in the Hollywood hills, local media reported.The star of hit films such as "Clueless," "Just Married" and "8 Mile" died Sunday of apparent cardiac arrest, but an official cause of death will not be released for several weeks as coroners await the results of toxicology tests.Murphy was to be laid to rest in a "strictly private" service Thursday at Forest Lawn Memorial Park with only a handful of family and friends, RadarOnline.com reported.

An autopsy on the body of Brittany Murphy was completed but Los Angeles authorities said it would be several weeks before the actress's exact cause of death was pinpointed.Assistant Coroner Ed Winter said an initial examination of the 32-year-old actress's body found no evidence of "trauma" after early reports indicated the "Clueless" star died from heart-related causes.Los Angeles coroner's said the precise cause of death would only be known in "four to six weeks" when toxicology tests are completed.

Oscar-winning British actress Rachel Weisz is to star in a thriller about a family that moves into a home with a gruesome history, entertainment industry reports said Tuesday.Weisz, who won a supporting actress Academy Award for her performance in the 2005 drama "The Constant Gardener," will star alongside British "James Bond" Daniel Craig in the film titled "Dream House," Daily Variety reported.Weisz and Craig play a married couple who relocate to a quaint New England town only to discover that their idyllic new home was the murder scene of a mother and her two children.