Brittany Murphy`s husband `tried to commit suicide`

London: Late actress Brittany Murphy`s grieving husband Simon Monjack considered committing suicide following the actress` death.

Monjack`s mother Linda revealed that the tragedy has devastated Monjack. "Simon is exactly as you would expect someone to be who has just lost the woman he loved," a news daily quoted her as saying. She added, "Some days he wants to kill himself, and other days he seems to be coping better. He is distraught. I speak to him everyday, and he is often in tears." Linda explained why Monjack initially did not want an autopsy of the actress to be conducted. She said, "He didn`t want the autopsy (in the beginning) for the reason that anybody wouldn`t want his nearest and dearest to be cut open. He realised pretty quickly that he had to agree to it, and he`s waiting for the results. He wants to know what happened." However, Monjack has developed a strong bond with the `Eight Mile` actress` mother Sharon. Linda added, "He`s very strong, and he``s got Sharon. They`re very close, and they`re keeping each other going. Simon`s life has been shattered. He needs closure to be able to get on with it. "They truly loved each other. I don`t think they ever spent more than a few days apart. They were going to start a family this year." Recollecting the day before Murphy`s death on 20 December due to a cardiac arrest, she said, "Everything sounded normal and fine. It was a three-way conversation, with her laughing and talking to me in the background... She seemed in good spirits." ANI