Los Angeles, Dec 21 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Brittany Murphy’s husband Simon Monjack has requested that an autopsy of the dead actress not be carried out. But the LA County Coroner’s office said that they would perform an autopsy, reports the Daily Telegraph.

Assistant chief coroner Ed Winter said that Brittany Murphy’s death seemed to be from natural causes and there was no sign of foul play, but police are still investigating all the same. The police might be investigation because, according to celebrity website TMZ.com, a number of prescription medications were found at the house.

Brittany Murphy was said to have been ill with flu-like symptoms for several days prior to her death. Before her death, she told her family that she was not feeling right and was vomiting too. TMZ reported that Monjack told hospital staff he did not want an autopsy to be performed, although no explanation was given.

It may be recalled that actress Brittany Murphy has died an untimely death at just 32. It is being said that she suffered a cardiac arrest, which led to her death. But at the same time drug overdose cannot be ruled out as well. TMZ had reported that her husband Simon Monjack called the Los Angeles police on Sunday Morning around 8:00 am. The 1977 born Brittany Murphy had suffered a cardiac arrest and despite numerous attempts she couldn’t be revived.

She was subsequently transferred to the Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre, but it transpired that she was brought to the hospital too late, because the doctors pronounced her dead on arrival.