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I'd suggest cutting back some of the branches and see if the wood inside seems alive. If it's dried out and seems dead, that might be it. But there's a chance if you prune the entire plant way back it will sprout new growth. Sometimes the part under the ground is still alive, and a hard pruning can work wonders.
Oof that looks pretty gone to me. Is there any part of it that is still green where you could cut it down and see if it will grow back? If its all brown its likely that the whole things is dead. It kind of looks fried to me.
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I'm gonna try to put it down today hopefully there is some green 😢
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Was it exposed to a hard freeze?
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Oof, doesn't look good. Any idea what happened to it?
As others said, try some light pruning near the ends of the branches. If the wood inside is wet ("green") the plant isn't dead and there's a chance it will be able to put on new leaves. If it's crispy and dry, it's dead, keep pruning back until you get to living wood. As long as there is some, there's hope. If you're not sure if the wood is dry, err on the side of leaving it on.
If you want to try to save it, after pruning off the dead wood, give it some fast-acting nitrogen-rich fertilizer (follow the label, don't risk fertilizer burn on top of whatever happened here) and water. The goal is to help it get new leaves ASAP, and nitrogen is a crucial nutrient for that. The leaves produce sugars that feed the root system and with no leaves the roots will starve and that's game over. The plant has reserves but they aren't infinite, and the sooner you get some photosynthesis going the better chance you have of saving the roots.
Rising Star
(Exception: if the answer to what happened is "disease", then ignore everything I said, bag and trash the plant and the soil it's growing in, and scrub and bleach the container before reusing it. If you live in an area with municipal compost it's ok to compost there but don't compost diseased plants/soil in a home compost bin.)
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Not sure what happened to it!! We water it the same nothing changed. We have had it for years and it was really thriving this year but now it's not
Rising Star
Sudden death with no obvious prompt sadly means the most likely culprit is disease.
One thing you can do to check is to very gently (with your hands, not a shovel) dig around in the soil to try to find roots. The roots should be white or light brown, firm, and relatively strong. If they are soft or mushy or they fall apart easily (or you can't find any roots), that's root rot. If the roots are black or bright colors, that's another sign of a root infection.
If, when you prune a branch, you get a brightly colored liquid out of the cut (often red/orange), that's an infection of the plant's vascular tissue (sanitize the pruners before cutting anything else!). This can be treatable if caught at an early stage in established plants, but this is not an early stage. This is only informative if the branches aren't all already dry/dead.
See my other reply for what to do if it does turn out to be a disease.
Regret to inform y'all that my rosemary is gone gone trimmed down and all dry no signs of life 😭 roots looked fine dry no signs of root rot. 😭😔😭