Actress Brittany Murphy (R) and husband Simon Monjack attend the Monique Lhuillier Fall 2008 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall 2008 at The Promenade at Bryant Park on February 5, 2008 in New York City. (Getty Images)more pics »
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Simon Monjack was the husband of the late actress
Brittany Murphy. She died December 20, 2009 from cardiac arrest, after her mother
Sharon Murphy found her unconscious in the shower. Simon is a director, and was set to direct a movie in which Brittany was to star, The White Hotel, but the project never came together.
Simon Monjack and Brittany Murphy (Photo Agency) The couple met while on set of the unfinished movie, and were married in May 2007 in a private Jewish ceremony. They didn't announce their engagement beforehand, and made few public appearances together.
Monjack, who's British, was the executive producer and writer of
Factory Girl, and the director of
Two Days, Nine Lives. He was born in 1970.


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