What Happened To Brittany Murphy? On December 20th, 2009 - 32 year old Brittany Murphy woke up at around 3 in the morning, stating that she couldn’t breathe. She decided to go outside onto the balcony to get some fresh air but that wasn’t helping. She called for her mom and told her “Mommy, I can’t catch my breath. Help me. Help me.” And then, just a few hours later.. Brittany was dead. So what happened? Jackie: IG / TikTok Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices