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The Los Angeles Coroner's office has launched an investigation to determine who is responsible for leaking confidential documents regarding the death of actress Brittany Murphy.
The 32-year-old star died after suffering a cardiac arrest at her Hollywood Hills home on Sunday.
A confidential report obtained and released online by TMZ.com detailed notes written by the Coroner's office.
The documents, allegedly written by an official named as Investigator Blacklock, reveal Murphy "had been complaining of shortness of breath and severe abdominal pain" for seven to 10 days prior to her death.
The documents also claim investigators found large amounts of prescription pills, including anti-seizure medication Topamax, Fluoxetine, which is used to treat depression, anti-anxiety medication Ativan, pain-reliever Vicoprofen and Propranolol, used to treat hypertension.
Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter admits he is "furious" over the leak, adding, "We don't normally release partial information. If partial information goes out, it of course makes us look bad. Everybody ought to get it at the same time."
Bosses at TMZ.com have declined to comment on how the report was obtained.
The cause of Murphy's death has been "deferred" pending toxicological results, although an autopsy on her body was completed on Monday. Officials previously stated they believe the star died from natural causes.
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Now, I don't understand much about the US and health care; but I'm assuming that the only reason celebs receive all these prescriptions is because they are the few people who can afford them all. It's a shame doctors get paid by the drug companies to give out so many drugs, otherwise I don't think this would happen nearly as often.
However, there's no way of knowing yet if that's what killed her. A lot of people (including a friend of mine) take a combination of those drugs for depression and anxiety, and they're not dead. It just seems to me that those are pretty run of the mill drugs. If she was on drugs for hypertension, that pretty much explains where the real issue was. Anyone with high blood pressure has a shortened life expectancy, and she might have very well died sooner if she wasn't on even one of these drugs.
On another note: wtf is with Harvey Levin (TMZ's creator)? He was a lawyer, and quit his job because he saw other lawyers being corrupt and immoral. Now he runs a business to slander celebrities, and obtains information illegally? I'll admit I watch the show, and even visit the website at times (Eli Roth playing "Jew, not a jew" and giving anecdotes about his life was hilarious btw) but great morals right there.