Simon Monjack Speaks out about Brittany Murphy’s Death

Just one day after the death of actress Brittany Murphy, her husband, Simon Monjack, spoke out to Access Hollywood about his devastating loss.

“My world was destroyed yesterday,” an emotional Monjack said Monday.

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Monjack received an outpouring of love from his Hollywood peers in the wake of the news of Murphy’s death at the age of 32 going public.  One message in particular struck a chord with him.

“I loved what Ashton [Kutcher] wrote on Twitter. It was comforting to me,” Monjack said. “I couldn’t have said it better.”

The tweet said, “2day the world lost a little piece of sunshine. My deepest condolences go out 2 Brittany’s family, her husband, & her amazing mother Sharon. see you on the other side kid.”

Monjack said that Sunday had just been “a regular day” until tragedy struck.

“[Her mother] Sharon went into the bathroom because she had been in there a long time. Her mom screamed for me and I ran. Then called 911,” he says.

Murphy was pronounced dead at 10:04 a.m.

So far, the coroner has revealed that the actress had been suffering from flu-like symptoms in the days leading up to her death.  Monjack admitted that Murphy had been sick, but was quick to add that it didn’t seem like anything serious.

“She had laryngitis,” he said. “She had been tired at the end of the year. She had made a couple movies.”

Did Murphy get caught up with people who were bad influences on her?  Monjack doesn’t think so.

“I don’t know why anyone would think that,” he said. “She found love. We found love. Brittany didn’t get to where Brittany was with anyone controlling her… Brittany was Brittany.”

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