Brittany Murphy's death preventable if taken to hospital for pneumonia

Sources involved in Brittany Murphy‘s autopsy told TMZ yesterday, her death was “preventable.”

Sources say the primary causes of Murphy’s death were pneumonia and severe anemia. L.A. County Coroner officials believe Brittany’s condition was “treatable” but no one took her to the hospital in time.

As for the multiple drugs found in her system, TMZ was told they were both prescription, including medicine for cramps, and over-the-counter medications, including cough syrup. Our sources say the drugs “pushed her over the line” but the underlying problems were the pneumonia and anemia.

In other words, Brittany was really sick, didn’t get treatment and by self-medicating it pushed her over the line.

Meanwhile, the L.A. County Coroner’s Office is not satisfied that the toxicology report by itself will tell the whole story in the death of Brittany Murphy, so on Wednesday, Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter paid a visit to Brittany’s husband, Simon Monjack, and her mother, Sharon Murphy, and asked a bunch of questions.

According to TMZ’s sources, a man who worked at Brittany Murphy’s house has told the Coroner’s Office that someone would deliver a sealed, manila envelope to the house every Friday filled with prescription medications in bottles. The name on the envelope — “Lola.”

Sources say the ex-employee told the Coroner drugs were also mailed from Los Angeles to Louisiana — where Brittany was shooting a movie and Simon was tagging along — in the months before she died.

According to TMZ, the pathologist in the Coroner’s Office who is working on the case had a variety of questions for Simon and Sharon. Among the questions — Why was there no record of Brittany seeing a doctor in the months before her death, especially because she had several medical conditions and was experiencing severe abdominal pains days before her death?

We’re told Winter met with Sharon and Simon together and they were cooperative.