One said the 32-year-old beauty, who won acclaim for her performances in Clueless and 8 Mile, had become hooked on painkillers since having a series of plastic surgery ops.
They included Vicodin, which Jacko was known to abuse.
She was reported to have been "unsteady on her feet" at the Hollywood premiere of her new movie Across The Hall, which opened in the US less than three weeks ago.
Troubled Brittany - wed to British-born screenwriter SIMON MONJACK - had also been plagued by rumours of an eating disorder.
They led to speculation about cocaine use, which she fiercely denied.
Brittany was pronounced dead at 10.04am yesterday following a heart attack. But friends believe it was brought on by a long-running struggle with prescription drugs.
One said: "We have been very worried something like this was about to happen. Brittany has been living life on the edge. She definitely had a drug problem and we have all begged her to seek help. Sadly our words fell on deaf ears."
The former child star - who also reached No 7 in the British pop charts with Faster Kill Pussycat, a collaboration with DJ PAULOAKENFOLD - was found unconscious in the shower by her mother.
Fired
An emergency call went out from her Los Angeles home at 8am.
Paramedics quickly discovered she had suffered a heart attack.
They tried to revive her as an ambulance took her to LA's Cedars-Sinai hospital, where Jacko was taken in June. But nothing could be done.
An autopsy is expected to be held today.
Brittany's death came weeks after she was allegedly fired from her role in new film The Caller after her "difficult behaviour" angered the crew.
Her agent maintained she quit due to "creative differences".
Earlier this month her "incoherent" husband was rushed to hospital after landing in LA on a flight from Puerto Rico.
Brittany claimed he had simply suffered an asthma attack.
The actress, daughter of convicted mobster ANGELO BERTOLOTTI, landed her first Hollywood role at 14.
She went on to star in a host of major films including chick flick Clueless with ALICIA SILVERSTONE, Don't Say A Word and Sin City.
She played EMINEM's girlfriend Alex in 8 Mile. And she sang on film scores, covering Queen classic Somebody To Love and Earth Wind and Fire's Boogie Wonderland on hit penguin cartoon Happy Feet.
Former boyfriend ASHTON KUTCHER, 31 - now wed to DEMI MOORE - wrote on his Twitter page last night: "2day the world lost a little piece of sunshine. See you on the other side, kid."
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wah...so shocked!
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