LONDON: Brittany Murphy widower SIMON MONJACK will attend Sunday night's (07Mar10) Academy Awards to honour his late wife's memory.

The 32-year-old actress passed away on 20 December (09) after suffering a cardiac arrest at her Hollywood Hills home.

Academy bosses have personally invited Monjack to the Oscars, so he can be in the audience when they pay tribute to Murphy among the stars who have passed away.

He tells EOnline.com, "I have been honoured by an invitation to the Academy Awards, which I am very grateful for. They will include Brittany in their In Memoriam tribute, along with some of the other gifted actors that died this year."

Monjack plans to take Murphy's grieving mum, Sharon, as his guest, but he fears she may not be well enough to attend the Oscars.

He adds, "I hope Sharon can attend, but her presence will be dictated by her health and that's a decision that will be made nearer the day. I only wish I were attending under different circumstances, but I know Brittany would want to be represented there."