Effervescent actress Brittany Murphy who died yesterday in Los Angeles at age 32, was reportedly not well and was taking prescription meds for flu-like symptoms some time now, according to Hollywood gossib site TMZ, which broke the tragic story in the first place.

Brittany's mother says the actress was suffering from diabetes, which can explain her severe weight loss in recent times, as many peope noticed.

Then there are rumours of substance abuse, which might have complicated matters for the fragile actress.

Gawker points a suspicious finger at the dead actress's British husband Simon Monjack, a struggling screenwriter with a checkered history of sorts. Gawker says Brittany's mother who first saw her collapsed.

At that time she saw Brittany's's husband,

wearing pajama bottoms and no shoes, appeared ''dazed'' as firefighters tried to save her

You can add all of the above facts and rumors and come to your own colclusions about this sad event.