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By Alan Duke, CNN
February 4, 2010 3:19 p.m. EST


Actress Brittany Murphy, 32, was found dead in her home December 21.


STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• Actress Brittany Murphy was found dead in her home December 20
• Coroner: Death was accident caused by pneumonia, iron deficiency, drugs
• "She was on an antibiotic and was taking cough medicine," husband says

Brittany Murphy's husband and mother join Larry King on Friday night to discuss their loss and remember the life of the actress. Tune in Friday night, 9 ET on "Larry King Live."
Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- Actress Brittany Murphy's death was an accident caused by a combination of pneumonia, an iron deficiency and "multiple drug intoxication," the Los Angeles County coroner said Thursday.
The 32-year-old actress was found dead in her Hollywood Hills, California, home December 20.
The short statement issued by the coroner's office Thursday did not list the drugs involved, but assistant chief Ed Winter told CNN no illegal drugs were found in Murphy's system.
The full autopsy report would be available within two weeks, the coroner's office said.
The primary cause of death was "community acquired pneumonia," but drugs found by the toxicology screening were believed to "play a role in her death," said coroner's spokesman Craig Harvey. "They just were not the primary cause, so they figured into the cause of death, so that's why it's an accidental death."
Murphy's husband, British screenwriter Simon Monjack, has told People magazine the actress had "laryngitis and flu-like symptoms" at the time of her death.




Video: Kin cope with Murphy's death




Monjack said Murphy used Vicoprofen to relieve pain from severe menstrual cramps.
"She was on an antibiotic and was taking cough medicine," he said.
Murphy was pronounced dead at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, after she was rushed there in the early morning hours of Sunday, December 20.
The often bubbly, free-spirited actress appeared in films such as "Clueless," "8 Mile," "Don't Say a Word" and "Girl, Interrupted." She also lent her voice to animated works, including the movie "Happy Feet" -- in which she also sang -- and a regular voice role on the animated TV series "King of the Hill."
Murphy was best-known for her work in a string of comedies earlier this decade, including playing lead roles in "Uptown Girls" alongside fellow Georgia native Dakota Fanning and "Little Black Book" with Holly Hunter and Kathy Bates.
She is survived by her husband.

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[honeybfly]

awww this is so sad. She looked just like her mother

[SunShonKC]

Sad story....but that's still an overdose....no matter how you dress it up. Cough syrup and antibiotics? Triple Six called that "Sippin on Sizzurp!"....

[MR. FURLY]

Tragic!

[DirtyArtist]

Multiple drugs huh? They need to rethink this war on drugs they've been having.

[Fonz]

wait whats wrong with cough syrup and antibiotics?

[Denise]

^ that's what im wondering... Are they leaving some info out


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[DirtyArtist]

I don't think it was over the counter cough syrup. And they said *multiple* drugs, what was the other ones?

Why is she at home with pneumonia and not at the hospital? And who gets drunk while on antibiotics?

[zenrei]

Vicoprofen isn't an antibiotic.

Vicoprofen contains a combination of hydrocodone and ibuprofen. Hydrocodone is in a group of drugs called narcotic pain relievers. Ibuprofen is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID). Ibuprofen works by reducing hormones that cause inflammation and pain in the body.

She took that for her cramps, combine that with cough syrup and antibiotics, and who knows what else.... poor thing just wanted her cramps to go away

[DirtyArtist]

No, I'm saying if she has pneumonia, she must have also been on antibiotics also....the mom said she was on antibiotics.....I figure that goes without saying....there's too many things going on here for me to understand.