How did Brittany Murphy die? Actress had 'an incredibly slovenly, shoddy existence’, expert rules out homicide
A forensic pathologist has claimed that late actress Brittany Murphy, who “lived an incredibly slovenly, shoddy existence”, was not killed. Dr Cyril Wecht was hired by the actress’ late father, Angelo Bertolotti, to look into her 2009 death, which many thought was suspicious.
After looking at the case for months, Dr Wecht said she was not poisoned to death.
The ‘Uptown Girls’ star was found dead in 2009 at her home in Los Angeles. At the time, she was just 32. A few months later, her British screenwriter husband, Simon Monjack, 40, was also found dead in similar circumstances at the house. The Los Angeles coroner then stated that the actress had died because of pneumonia, anemia, and drug intoxication. But Bertolotti did not believe the coroner’s ruling and employed Dr Wecht on the case.
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Dr Wecht told The Sun, “I worked on the Brittany Murphy case after the father contacted me and I dealt with it over a long period of time. Brittany had severe anemia and suffered from malnutrition. There were also high levels of heavy metals associated with a hair dye or hairspray but I do not believe that she was intentionally, accidentally, or suicidally poisoned by those compounds.”
