In May 2007,
Murphy married British screenwriter Simon Monjack in a private Jewish ceremony in Los Angeles.
For the last three-and-a-half years of her life, Murphy,
her mother and Monjack lived together in the same house.
For the last three and a half years of her life, Murphy,
her mother and Monjack lived together in the same house.
For the last three and a half years of her life, Murphy,
her mother and Monjack lived in the same house together.
At 8:00 am on December 20, 2009, the Los Angeles Fire Department responded to"a medical
request" at the Los Angeles home Murphy and Monjack shared.
In January 2010, Murphy's mother, Sharon, and her widower, Simon Monjack, established the Brittany Murphy Foundation, a charitable fund
for children's arts education, as well as supporting the USO and cancer research.
When her widower Simon Monjack died from the same illness six months later,
the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services considered toxic mold in their home as a possible cause for their deaths, but this was dismissed by the Coroner's Office.