Overview
- The Los Angeles County coroner ruled Murphy’s Dec. 20, 2009 death an accident caused by severe pneumonia, iron‑deficiency anemia and multiple drug intoxication from prescription and over‑the‑counter medications.
- Her husband, Simon Monjack, died at the same residence five months later, with a coroner citing acute pneumonia and severe anemia.
- Officials dismissed a toxic‑mold theory after finding no mold spores in autopsies, and toxicologists rejected independent hair‑test claims of heavy‑metal poisoning.
- Friends and insiders have described preventable circumstances in Murphy’s final weeks, noting she was critically anemic with a reported hemoglobin of 3.0 and did not receive timely medical care.
- The Rising Glen Road property, bought from Britney Spears in 2003, was sold at a loss in 2011, demolished and rebuilt in 2013, resold in 2017 and 2020, and as of November 2025 is again listed after additional owner upgrades.