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12/29/2009 2:16 PM PST BY TMZ STAFF
Brittany Murphy Death Certificate

TMZ has obtained the Brittany Murphy death certificate, filed just this morning.

Brittany Murphy Death Certificate

The manner of death is checked as "pending investigation." The immediate cause of death says, "deferred."

As for manner, the possibilities include accident, natural, homicide, suicide and undetermined.

As for cause, the L.A. County Coroner is awaiting toxicology and tissue tests.

Interestingly, although several entertainment outlets interviewed Brittany's father after her death ... the death certificate lists the father as "UNKNOWN."

Also interesting ... there's a line on the certificate for "INFORMANT." The name listed is "Tayebe Pajooh, cousin," who has a mailing address in North Carolina. A rep for the County tells TMZ an informant is someone who gives vital information, such as SS#, to the mortuary.


Remembering Brittany Murphy

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lander:  776 days ago

why is that a picture of stevie nicks? is stevie okay?

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Eric:  776 days ago

My wife and I are visiting her grave today in hollywood~

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lander:  776 days ago

what is a "deferred"? is it a deadly drug?

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june nugent:  776 days ago

Why not just let her R.I.P. June. N.Ireland

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lander:  776 days ago

Unknown is what people call him. It's like Cher or Madonna or Bono.

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Artrina:  776 days ago

A man being a biological father and being "just like a father" are 2 very different legal things. RIP Brittany, you've earned it.

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northern gypsy:  776 days ago

b.m. way to young to die...let's wait for the test results !!!
in the meantime...i'm getting creapy vibes off the husband...
is it just me...or...does anyone else feel it ???

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fo real:  776 days ago

THIS IS PATHETIC THAT THIS IS PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE.

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Simone:  776 days ago

RIP for Brittany!!!!!!!!!

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janalal4:  776 days ago

9. We got the autopsy photos.. Even as a cold corpse she still looks pretty hot. http://931theparty.com/cc-common/gallery/

Posted at 12:43PM on Dec 29th 2009 by Ernie

That's real NICE ya freak. The comment I mean. I didn't click on your BS.

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legal beagle:  776 days ago

undetermined menas there was no obvious cause of death. most likely the coroner expects the bloodwork to show why she died. Most likely another drug overdose.If the blood comes back ok the cause will never be known.
Occasionally a young persons heart just stops beating for no apparent reason so most likely the tox screen will tell what happened.

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Simone:  776 days ago

The link that the post number 9 post is a virus, for sure!!!!! I am not brave enough to click on it!!!! Hahahahhhahahahhahahahahahhahahahahahhahahahahahahhaha.

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Steve:  776 days ago

the only UNKNOWN is what the exact combo of drugs she OD'ed on

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beverly:  776 days ago

Brittany's husband still looks like a suspect to me. He's ‘supposing’ to get sick on a very public airplane, then is at In-N-Out later. Now he has the beginning of an alibi in case they find something in her system. ("Somethng happened to me too") He didn’t even want her cremated.

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problum:  776 days ago

"Deferred" means that she was totally shaved, I believe...

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