Brittany Murphy's Husband found Dead

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Brittany Murphy's Husband Found Dead

Law enforcement sources say Brittany's mother, Sharon, found Monjack unconscious in the master bedroom around 9:30PM, and then called 911.

Monjack was pronounced dead sometime after paramedics arrived.

LAPD is at the home now along with the coroner -- and TMZ has learned a death investigation is underway.

Brittany Murphy died from cardiac arrest just five months ago on December 20.

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Holy sh*t! Die from guilt over putting his wife into an early grave?

And how sad that Brittany Murphy's mom found him too.

[DaytimeFan]

Colour me stunned.

Suicide? Overdose?

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I read he had a heart attack, don't know if that's true or not though

[DaytimeFan]

There's no way to know if he head an actual heart attack until an autopsy has been done.

I'd be very surprised if it was a heart attack given his age. But a cardiac arrest from prescription medicine? Much more likely.

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It says appears to be a heart attack, so they're not sure:

Nearly five months to the day after the shocking death of Brittany Murphy, the actress' screenwriter husband has been found dead in the couple's Hollywood Hills home. Simon Monjack was 39.

A Los Angeles Police Department spokesman said the cause of Monjack's death was not immediately known; however, local broadcasts cited law enforcement sources saying it appeared to be a heart attack. Detectives are at the scene and investigating.

The Los Angelels Fire Department confirmed receiving a 911 call seeking medical aid just before 9:30 p.m.

The British-born Monjack's IMDb résumé included two films: a story credit on Factory Girl, the 2006 biopic of Andy Warhol sidekick Edie Sedgwick, starring Sienna Miller; and as writer-director-producer of the U.K. indie drama Two Days, Nine Lives. He also dabbled in photography.

Murphy died of cardiac arrest in the same house on Dec. 20. The coroner ruled her death accident, the fatal combination of pneumonia, anemia and prescription drugs, many of which were prescribed in Monjack's name. The Clueless star was just 32.

In February, Monjack came under scrutiny after it was learned that he was trying to raise funds for the Brittany Murphy Foundation without applying for nonprofit status with the IRS. He wound up scuttling the foundation and returned all donations.

A month, Monjack told E! News he was planning on selling the couple's home and moving to New York.

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This is just too much. Good Lord. When Brittany passed and he became more visible, there was certainly something off about him that seemed to run deeper than his wife's recent death. I did have a feeling that he'd live a depressing, tortured couple of years, I did not expect this though. Sad.