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Sorry if this was already posted, but I don't see it:


https://deadline.com/2025/04/michelle-trachtenberg-cause-of-death-1236370374/


Michelle Trachtenberg Cause Of Death Revealed

We have a cause of death for former Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Gossip 
Girl star Michelle Trachtenberg.

Following a review of laboratory test results, it was determined that 
Trachtenberg died naturally as a result of complications from diabetes 
mellitus, the New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner told 
Deadline in a statement.

Trachtenberg was found unresponsive in her midtown Manhattan apartment 
February 26. Paramedics pronounced her dead at the scene. No foul was 
suspected. She was 39.

The coroner’s office initially said her cause of death would remain 
undetermined because the family had requested that no autopsy be 
conducted because of religious reasons. The medical examiner’s office 
would automatically do an autopsy if foul play or criminality was 
suspected, but there was none, so the office did not overrule the 
family’s decision. Following the lab test results, the medical 
examiner’s office amended the cause of death.

Trachtenberg was a lifelong actor who made her television debut in 
commercials at age 3 before landing a recurring role as Lily Montgomery 
on the long-running soap opera All My Children. She gained further 
recognition while starring in Nickelodeon’s The Adventures of Pete & 
Pete and was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for her role in Discovery 
children’s series Truth or Scare before landing her breakout feature 
lead as Harriet M. Welsch in the 1996 Paramount film Harriet the Spy, 
based on the classic children’s novel.

Trachtenberg joined Buffy the Vampire Slayer in the cult WB fantasy 
series’ fifth season in 2000 as Dawn Summers, the younger sister to 
Sarah Michelle Gellar’s Buffy. She went on to appear in the 2004 cult 
comedy EuroTrip and Disney sports drama Ice Princess. In 2008, she 
joined the cast of Gossip Girl as Georgina Sparks, the manipulative and 
unpredictable troublemaker who frequently threw the lives of the Upper 
East Side elite into chaos. Around that same time, she also starred 
opposite Zac Efron and Matthew Perry in Warner Bros’ comedy 17 Again.

Her most recent television work included guest appearances on series 
such as House, Weeds, NCIS: Los Angeles, and Sleepy Hollow. She also 
lent her voice to animated projects, including Robot Chicken, most 
recently reprising in Max’s Gossip Girl sequel series in 2023.