Here’s all you need to know regarding the latest on the passing of Brittany Murphy over the weekend. You can keep coming back to this post for updates.

Brittany Murphy was very ill the hours before she passed. Brittany was taking prescription medications for flu-like symptoms. She was vomitting early Sunday morning, and told family she felt very sick.

Brittany’s mom discovered her unconscious in the shower Sunday morning. Brittany collapsed in the bathroom, and somehow ended up in the shower. According to TMZ, there was a considerable amount of vomit in the bathroom.

Brittany’s mother claims that Brittany suffered from diabetes. That has not been confirmed. She apparently suffered from Type 2 diabetes – which people close to the case said would not have caused her death.

Brittany went into full cardiac arrest Sunday morning around 8:00am. Her husband Simon Monjack was the one to call 911.

When paramedics arrived, they performed CPR immediately, but she was unresponsive. She was then rushed to Cedars Sinai Medical Center where she was pronounced dead at 10:04 AM.

LAPD launches an investigation into her death. No foul play is suspected.

Sources say various prescriptions were found in the house. One source says, “There were a lot … a lot of prescriptions in the house.” Authorities did not find any illegal drugs in the house.

Through Brittany’s rep, the family released a statement: “The sudden loss of our beloved Brittany is a terrible tragedy. She was our daughter, our wife, our love and a shining star. We ask you to respect our privacy at this time.”

Brittany’s husband Simon told hospital staff he did NOT want an autopsy performed on his wife. Despite his wishes, LA County Coroner’s office WILL perform an autopsy.

Brittany’s autopsy is currently underway.

Fans and friends were shocked by the untimely death of actress Brittany Murphy on Sunday morning. The ‘Clueless’ and ‘Girl, Interrupted’ actress went into full cardiac arrest, and paramedics were unable to revive her. Murphy, 32, was pronounced dead upon arrival at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, and LA County Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter told the press Sunday evening that the tragedy was likely the result of natural causes, reports Access Hollywood.

Capt. John Kades of the coroner’s office says, “Foul play is not suspected at this time because there were no outward signs of trauma or other injuries,” according to PEOPLE.

Some colleagues were concerned about Murphy weeks before her death. The actress showed up for the for the opening of Tt Collection’s Pop-Up shop in LA, looking rail thin. Reports that she’d been let go from a film shooting for disrupting the set were denied by her rep, who claimed, “She was not nor has she ever been fired from any job big or small … [Due] to creative differences Ms. Murphy and the production mutually parted ways.”

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The director of Murphy’s 2008 project ‘Across the Hall,’ Alex Merkin, said that the actress was always professional but acknowledged she’d been dealing with personal issues. “I just remember she was going through a lot at the time surrounding her husband being in the hospital.”

Sources claim that Murphy herself didn’t cause the disruption on set – husband of two years, Simon Monjack did. “”Monjack came on the set inebriated,” ‘Shrinking Charlotte’ director Michael Z Gordon told The Hollywood Reporter. “The producers wanted to keep him away. Brittany of course defended him. And so she was let go.”

TMZ reports that the actress had experienced flu-like symptoms in the days leading to her death, and that Murphy was seriously ill a few hours before she collapsed. Sources told the website that Murphy began vomiting early Sunday morning. The sources also claimed that authorities found no illegal drugs in Murphy’s home, but it is apparent that the actress was taking some prescription medications. After the 911 call, Murphy’s mother Sharon told paramedics her daughter was diabetic.

Witnesses told TMZ that Murphy’s husband told hospital staff that he did not want an autopsy performed on his wife. However, as part of the coroner’s investigation, a pending autopsy has been confirmed.

“We don’t have an autopsy scheduled yet, but we will do it as soon as possible,” Kades said. “Given all the worldwide attention, if we can get it done [Monday], we will.”

“The sudden loss of our beloved Brittany is a terrible tragedy,” Murphy’s family said in a statement. “She was our daughter, our wife, our love and a shining star. We ask you to respect our privacy at this time.”

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FROM CNN:

Actress Brittany Murphy has died, Los Angeles police and hospital officials said Sunday. She was 32.

Murphy was pronounced dead at 10:04 a.m. PT Sunday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, hospital spokeswoman Sally Stewart told CNN Radio.

No other details were immediately available.

Murphy starred in several movies, including “Clueless,” “Don’t Say a Word,” and “8 Mile.” She also voiced the character Luanne on the animated TV series “King of the Hill.”

“In this time of sadness, the family thanks you for your love and support,” Murphy’s publicist, Nicole Perna, said in a statement. “It is their wish that you respect their privacy.”

Murphy is survived by her husband, Simon Monjack, whom she married in 2007.

“She was a great actress and was going to go far in her career! She will be greatly missed!” read one post.

Murphy’s former boyfriend and “Just Married” co-star Ashton Kutcher posted his reaction to the news via Twitter.

“2day the world lost a little piece of sunshine. My deepest condolences go out 2 Brittany’s family, her husband, & her amazing mother Sharon,” Kutcher posted.

He added later: “see you on the other side kid.”

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Brittany Murphy and husband and conman Simon Monjack get hammy for the cameras with their pup as they check in for their departing flight at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).

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Brittany Murphy has joined the cast of the upcoming mercenary drama “The Expendables” that also stars Sylvester Stallone, Mickey Rourke, Jason Statham and Dolph Lundgren.

The movies plot centers around a team of mercenary warriors sent to overthrow a dictator.  David Zayas of the hit HBO drama Dexter is set to direct.  Brittany will play the girlfriend of Rourke’s character, and she will perform some musical numbers in the film.

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Brittany Murphy quit Disney movie Tinkerbell, bosses at the studio claim.

It was reported the actress was ditched from her role providing the voice of the animated fairy, and replaced by 19-year-old Mae Whitman.

But Disney executives say Murphy left the project because of scheduling problems.

A representative tells OK! magazine, “When John Lasseter came on board, the schedule changed, and the new schedule didn’t work for her.”

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Brittany Murphy is under consideration as a replacement for Lindsay Lohan in the movie, Poor Things, according to sources. Negotiations have not yet begun. but it’s rumored that Lindsay lost out on the project when she admitted herself to rehab last summer.

Murphy would join a cast that includes Shirley MacLaine, Olympia Dukakis, Rosario Dawson and Channing Tatum.

“Poor Things” revolves around two female con artists who befriend and then murder homeless men in order to collect on their insurance policies.

Interesting.

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