English 1301 Spring 2016

English 1301 Spring 2016
(Works Cited Posted with Conclusions of Essays)

Monday, February 29, 2016

Brittany Murphy by Sara B




The Brittany Murphy Conspiracy Theories
            What happened to Brittany Murphy? On December 20, 2009, the actress fell lifeless into her mother’s arms, in which Sharron, her mother, called 911 with concern. “Brittany was taking a cocktail of anti-depressants, anxiety, prescription drugs and cough medicine” (Daily Mail.com). “The coroner diagnosed her with being anemic and having had pneumonia, which was caused by the cough medicine and her not coughing up all the phlegm in her lungs” (Bustle.com). They also found heavy metals in her blood, hair and tissue samples. These types of metals can also be found in rat poison. Several theories and unusual factors play into Murphy’s death.

1.Did Brittany Murphy’s mother kill her?

2. Was her death actually an accident?

3. Was her death caused by her drug addiction?

 Let’s further examine Brittany Murphy, the conspiracy theories of her death, and the likely hood that her own mother, Sharron Murphy, murdered her.
Character Analysis
           Brittany Murphy was a well-known actress. “Born November 10, 1977, in Atlanta, Georgia” (Brittany Murphy Biography). Parents Angelo Bertoletti and Sharron Murphy divorced while she was a child. Brittany had begun acting at a young age with her mother’s help, moving her to Manhattan as well as Los Angles to further her acting opportunities. (1) Murphy was put in “Verne Fowler's School of Dance and Theater in Colonia, New Jersey, when she was five years old.(1) It was there that Murphy took dance and voice lessons until she was in her early teens” (1).

 Brittany began getting a lot of acting jobs in popular television shows and movies. She starred in over fifty movies and television shows; just a few would be: Boy Meets World, Clueless, Happy Feet, King of the Hill, Sister Sister and 8 Mile (Brittany Murphy IMDB.com). As her acting career shot off, she became obsessed with her self-image, losing an odd amount of weight; denying rumors of anorexia and drug abuse. “In 2002, after Murphy revealed a radically slimmed-down silhouette in the film Spun – a departure from the rounder figure that fans remembered from her breakout 1994 film, Clueless – tabloids linked her weight loss to cocaine”(Garcia etal). “The same year, while promoting Sin City, she fought back against reports saying she had an eating disorder and she had never touched nor seen cocaine” (1). “"A lot of her problems were due to poor self-image. She wore extraordinary amounts of makeup, tons of fake eyelashes, got her teeth capped, dyed her hair blonde, lost weight – she wanted to be a beauty. She didn't want to be the fat girl from Clueless. She didn't eat a lot. She would drink copious amounts of coffee" (1).
Conspiracy Descriptions (Main Idea and Details with Survey Results).
           In the mysterious death of Brittany Murphy, everyone was left in the dark on what really happened, but three theories come into play. However, both involve two people she was the closest to: Sharron Murphy (mother) and Simon Monjack (late husband). 

The first conspiracy theory proposes that her mother Sharron Murphy poisoned her daughter for the money and to be rid of her daughter and antagonist husband Simon Monjack. Angelo Bertolotti, Brittany’s biological father, whom she wasn’t close to, began to suspect something wasn’t right, with the way things ended for his daughter. “After conducting his own independent toxicology study last year, the results showed that Brittany had over 10 heavy metals in her system — it was consistent with a dose of rat poison. In an interview with Examiner, Bertolotti began to suspect something else” (Figueroa).  Bertolotti made bold accusations and never held back, in his interview with the Examiner he goes to say:

Sharon Murphy should be interviewed and investigated, first and foremost. Let her explain why she had my daughter execute a will, leaving everything to her mother and specifically excluding Simon. Let Sharon explain why she decided to do this right after Brittany and Simon told her of their plan to move to New York and have a baby. Let Sharon clarify how she was planning to support herself for the first time in decades, once Brittany moved away. Let her talk about auctioning off Brittany’s underwear, passport, SAG card and clothes. There are many unanswered questions that have to be addressed. Out of three people living together in the same house, only one survives and benefits financially. (Figueroa)

The second theory suggests that Brittany’s own husband Simon Monjack was the cause of Brittany Murphy’s death:

In Alex Ben Block’s article about the deaths of Monjack and Murphy, Alex — who was supposedly a close friend of Brittany’s — clearly targets Monjack as the source of the deaths. Block’s article is full of conjecture, though, and is written, at best, as merely hearsay and contains little to no actual evidence of Monjack having a hand in the unfortunate deaths:

It is impossible to know if Brittany might still be alive had Simon not come along. However, it seems obvious that he brought out her worst traits and contributed to an atmosphere that was ultimately deadly to her. Rex Beaber, a L.A. clinical psychologist and attorney, didn’t know Simon but says after hearing his story that his behavior was consistent with a sociopathic personality disorder. He called what happened to Brittany “an age-old story you see commonly with people who meet narcissistic personalities and people who are sociopathic. They have a kind of blood instinct for the weakness of people around them. In his way, Simon did love her, but that was part of his sickness. He was mentally ill and couldn’t help preying on her at a time when she was highly susceptible to his oily charm, false promises and outright lies (Figueroa etal).

The third theory is that it may have been toxic mold that killed Brittany Murphy. Their house did indeed have toxic mold:

When the coroner was investigating the causes of Brittany Murphy’s death, possible mold contamination came into question, but here’s when things get a little weird. The coroner, Ed Winter, said that he spoke with both Simon Monjack and Sharon Murphy about mold in the home they shared. Sharon Murphy, in later interviews, suggested that Winter never approached them about a mold issue…

Yet, in the summer of 2011, Sharon claims that she had found mold in the home when she was trying to sell the property. She claimed that the mold was responsible for the death of Brittany and Simon, and filed a lawsuit against the builders of the home (Figueroa).

Which theory rings true to your senses: is it the toxic mold, was it her husband, or could it have been her mother?
A survey of twenty people revealed that 70% agreed that the most likely scenario is that Sharron Murphy indeed was the cause of actress, Brittany Murphy’s early death. However, there are no current facts proving this theory to true. But, in due time, we will all come to know what had actually happened to Brittany Murphy on December 20, 2009.
After examining the autopsy reports for Brittany Murphy, two conspiracies theories are left to ponder:

1.         Did Sharron Murphy poison her daughter?       

2.         Did Simon Monjack kill his late wife?  

3.         Was her death caused by the toxic mold in her home?

Even today, six years after the talented beautiful, young Hollywood actress died, the unsolved mystery death continues to baffle family, fans, friends and investigators. However, it’s likely that her mother knows what really happened to Brittany Murphy.

                                                                              Works Cited

"Famous Biographies & TV Shows." Bio.com. A&E Networks Television. Web. 04 May 2016.

"Brittany Murphy." Bio.com. A&E Networks Television. Web. 04 May 2016.

http://www.biography.com/people/brittany-murphy-524050#synopsis

"Brittany Murphy." IMDb. IMDb.com. Web. 04 May 2016.



Figueroa, Dariel. "Poison, Government Spies, And Other Theories Surrounding The Death Of Brittany Murphy." UPROXX RSS. 2014. Web. 03 May 2016.

Garcia Etal. "INSIDE STORY: Brittany Murphy's 'Inner Demons'" PEOPLE.com. 2009. Web. 09 Mar. 2016.

Person, and Kate Dries. "Brittany Murphy's Father Suggests Her Mother Killed Her." Jezebel. 2014. Web. 04 May 2016.

Laura Cox for the Daily Mail. "Death of Clueless Star Brittany Murphy Could Have Been Prevented If Her Mother Called an Ambulance 24 Hours Earlier." Mail Online. Associated Newspapers, 2014. Web. 04 May 2016.




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