MUMBAI: Five months after the death of his actress-wife Brittany Murphy, 39 year-old British screenwriter Simon Monjack was found dead in the couple‘s Hollywood house on Sunday night.

It is said that Murphy‘s mother, Sharon, saw Monjack in an unresponsive mode around 9.30 am and called the police. The writer was pronounced dead after the Los Angeles Fire Department was called to the residence for a medical emergency, say authorities.

The cause of death was still unknown and officers were still at the scene investigating late Sunday. Since January, Monjack has been unwell.

Murphy, 32, died in December due to pneumonia, an iron deficiency and multiple drug intoxication. The couple, who married in 2007, had no children.