LOS ANGELES — A 911 call released Friday reveals the frantic efforts by Brittany Murphy's mother and husband to save the actress' life on the morning she died.

Murphy's mother, Sharon, is heard crying and telling a fire dispatcher that the actress wasn't breathing.

The dispatcher then gives directions to Sharon Murphy on how to try to revive Murphy. She relays the information to Murphy's husband, Simon Monjack, who had already started CPR and is heard in the background trying to revive the actress.

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Brittany Murphy, 32, was found in the bathroom of her Hollywood Hills home on Dec. 20 and was later pronounced dead at a local hospital. Coroner's officials are awaiting the results of toxicology tests to determine how she died.

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