Shocking celebrity deaths

Nearly five months to the day after theshocking death of Brittany Murphy, the actress' screenwriter husband has been found dead in the couple's Hollywood Hills home. Simon Monjack was 39.

A Los Angeles Police Department spokesman said the cause of Monjack's death was not immediately known; however, local broadcasts cited law enforcement sources saying it appeared to be a heart attack.

Here's a look at some other celebrities whose lives were tragically cut short by disease, accident, by their own hand or those of others.