Actress Brittany Murphy was very ill with flu-like symptoms the last days of her life. However, it has not been determined whether it was In the bathroom where she died, police noted a lot of vomit as the actress had become very ill and had a lot of weight loss recently. Today, an autopsy is being performed in Los Angeles to determine a cause of death.

In a last interview recorded on December 1, available for viewing at the TMZ website, the actress looked very thin and somewhat sickly. She looked as though she had been experiencing some recent health problems by her thin appearance. Strangely, the actress had joked about her "next life" during the interview.

The actress was very hard working, completing three movies and two TV movies just this year alone.

Police noted a great of prescriptions in house. However, the actress had been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes before, so medication for the condition would be entirely normal. Further, some medications were likely for her serious flu-like illness as well. No illegal drugs were found in the home according to reports from the authorities.

Strangely, Murphy's husband, Simon Monjack, was also rushed to the hospital this morning after landing by passenger jet for symptoms which included "incoherence" according to sources at TMZ. Some thought that asthma might be the cause, others thought the symptoms were a sign of more serious illness. It is not known, whether he is also suffering flu-like conditions at this time as well.