Brittany Murphy and Simon Monjack at a screening of Trembled Blossoms in Beverly Hills in 2008

I'm beginning to see why Brittany Murphy fell for this Simon Monjack guy. Dude is crazy. From The Daily Beast:

Simon Monjack, the much-maligned husband of Brittany Murphy, is only days away from filing a wrongful-death action against Warner Brothers, claiming that the studio is responsible for the unexpected death of the 32-year-old actress last December. “They killed her,” he told me. Although the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office hasn’t released a final cause of death, Monjack and Brittany’s mother, Sharon, who also spoke to me, are convinced that the once-promising star died of a heart attack from the stress caused by Warner Brother’s canceling of a contract just two weeks before she died. Murphy was excited to have begun production on the sequel to the animated hit Happy Feet, but when she was fired by Warner Brothers, Monjack says, “She was devastated.”

I think Simon may be onto something here. Follow with me: Brittany goes to the Happy Feet 2 audition and, hoping to hook up with her in one of the empty offices in the back, the casting director tells her she has a nice voice. Brittany naturally interprets his compliment as a contract offer. Months later, she drops dead of a heart attack in the shower. Seems like a pretty open and shut case to me. I wouldn't be surprised if Warner Bros. just settled out of court with Simon by giving him a percentage of the company.

[Flynet]