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Actress Michelle Trachtenberg, known for a wide range of TV and film roles including in “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Gossip Girl,” has died at the age of 39, sources told The Post.

Trachtenberg was found by her mother around 8 a.m. Wednesday at One Columbus Place, a 51-story luxury apartment complex in Manhattan’s Central Park South neighborhood, the sources said.

The actress recently underwent a liver transplant and died of natural causes, according to the sources.

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[–] teslasaur@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Saw eurotrip not that long ago. Great memories and quotable to no end. One of her best showings.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Terrible, RIP.

"natural causes" seems like a strange way to describe someone dying at 39.

[–] remon@ani.social 38 points 1 year ago (1 children)

recently underwent a liver transplant

It could be "natural" for someone with liver problems and organ donations don't always work. But I don't care much for celebrity gossip.

But enjoyed a lot of her work. RIP.

[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pretty sure she had a problem with alcohol

[–] EpeeGnome@lemm.ee 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The phrase "natural causes" here refers to it being a medical reason not caused by a murder, accident, or suicide, just the body failing for whatever other reason.

That makes sense to me. I'm just not used to hearing it for anything but old age, I guess. It would also hit my ear weird if they used that phrasing for cancer, heart failure, stroke, etc.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 12 points 1 year ago

... liver transplant ...

I don't know anything about her medical conditions, but that's a big hint.

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 7 points 1 year ago

I suppose something like sepsis after an operation would qualify as "natural causes".

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 year ago

That fuckin' sucks. Eurotrip was an awesome movie

[–] lonlazarus@lemmy.sdf.org 16 points 1 year ago

I was one of the Dawn supporters. :( RIP

[–] boonhet@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago

A damn shame when anyone dies that young. She in particular seemed like a nice person, or at least I've never seen any negative articles about her.

[–] xyzzy@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago

Wow, that's terrible. There had been rumblings about a Buffy sequel show (without Whedon)... but I guess she won't be a part of that now, if it ever happens.

[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 10 points 1 year ago

Yeah if you are at the point of having to swap out an entire organ you are not going to have a great time.

It is a shame that she died young but entropy and death does not care for the money you have.

She can at least be free of never being alone in a room with Joss Whedon ever again but life would be more fair if he was the one who died alone on the floor.

[–] SidewaysHighways@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Damn! RIP Harriet the Spy

[–] darakan@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

Awful news.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[–] dumbass@leminal.space 7 points 1 year ago

Aww well that is really sad, I'd been a fan of hers since Pete & Pete.

[–] Dil@is.hardlywork.ing 5 points 1 year ago

One of my first childhood crushes watching Weeds (its suprisingly child friendly past the showtime horniness, think 2 kids on the show growing up with me helped), I think every girl irl ive been attracted to looks a bit like her actually. Morphed my brain chemistry for sure.

[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

I just looked her up yesterday. This is super sad.