On the morning of February 26, Michelle Trachtenberg The mother, Lana, was unconscious and unanswered in her apartment in New York City. She was only 39 years old. “It is very sad to confirm that Michelle Trachtenberg has died,” said the dear star representative Use weekly.
As news of his timeless death Different, he sent shock waves through Hollywood and among the devotee fans who grew by his side. Trachtenberg presented himself to the Fame of Little at Nickelodeon’s shows before playing leadership in the 1995 Harriet The Spy. The ancient icon went on to score memorable features Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Gossip girl. “Michelle had such a important cultural impact,” says a long time friend Us. “People loved him; It would happen to her and she was not as famous, but those who loved her were obsessed and would be presented to talk to her. “
In recent years, Brooklyn’s native has begun to retire from the spotlights and fans observed their appearance by changing on social media. In a 2024 place, Trachtenberg assured them that he was “happy and healthy”, but sources say that his health had been deteriorating for a while and confirmed that he had a liver transplant in the months before he died. “She was very open with her near her transplant,” says the friend, “but never went into detail.” (In a statement to UsNYPD said criminal activity “was not suspected.” On February 27, their cause of death The medical examiner was governed “indeterminate” after his family opposed an autopsy.)
Trachtenberg – who had been out film producer Jay Cohen Since 2020, it had recently spent a long period of time at the hospital and was released earlier this year. “The last time I saw her, something felt,” says a privileged industry. “You could sense that something happened. He was really fragile and had been sick for a while. ” On February 20, less than a week before his death, the actress was located at the Soho’s Trendy Sartiano restaurant with a group of friends. “Something seemed to him,” says an eye testimony. Ariana Rodriguez, A neighbor of the Trachtenberg apartment building, says Us He realized how he would become “Svelte” and seemed “less and less like her”.
Famous friends have offered a detailed view of the last years of Trachtenberg’s life. “Desgarker. She loved her very much, ”she Harriet The Spy cost Rosie o’donnell I talked to Us In a statement. “He fought in recent years. Hopefully he could have helped.” In a tribute to Instagram on February 26, British photographer and journalist Amanda de Cadenet He revealed that Trachtenberg had recently been made from a hospital bed and was aware that he was seriously ill. “Even though you don’t see yourself like you, your sweetness and humor were still alive,” he wrote of Cadenet. “You knew death was a high possibility and I just sorry that the result wasn’t better.”
Baptize the odds
Trachtenberg was only 3 years old when he made his debut in interpretation in advertising. Later it became a prominent of Nickelodeon with ignited parts Clarissa explains everything and Pete and Pete’s adventures. Despite not having any formal training, it had quality and quality depth. “I was a bit mature during my years,” Trachtenberg recalled, “and I understood everything that was happening.”
Although it seemed to avoid some of the common traps of the children’s star, he experienced challenges behind the scene. She was open about the harassment she endured at school by classmates. “The children were cruel … I still have scars to be thrown by the stairs and fell to the head of the vests,” he wrote in a 2020 Instagram post.
In 2021, when she Junk Cost (and close friend) Sarah Michelle Gellar Support expressed for Castmate Carism carpenter After he accused the creator of the show, Joss WedonAs a whole, Trachtenberg entered, calling the “unsuitable” Whedon behavior and added that there was a rule on the set that was not “allowed in a single room with Michelle again.”
Tough times
In recent years, it has become more reclosing. Welcomed the true crime series To know, marry -murder – by 2021 and made an episode of two episodes by 2022 Gossip girl Reboot, but was largely out of public sight. “He achieved great success soon, but then lost his foot,” says the friend for a long time. “I think he gave up the appearance of fame and no longer wanted to be part of Hollywood.”
According to the friend, Trachtenberg’s health problems had been raising time. “I had back problems and then bone problems and it also fell sometimes.” (Trachtenberg appeared on a red carpet with a stick in 2019 and shared a photo of his ankle forceful on Instagram in 2021.) “Whenever we talked, there was something medically wrong,” says the friend. He adds a source close to the situation: “Michelle was thrown many curve balls with her health, but she did her best to let her fall.”
Trachtenberg had recently been hospitalized and had undergone a liver transplant over the last year. Liver failure is generally the result of genetic disorders, cancer, hepatitis or excessive alcohol consumption. If a transplant is required due to alcohol, recipients must refrain from drinking for the rest of their lives. “She drank, but not excessively in public,” says her friend for a long time. “It was never the type of party. In the end, she was more in prison.”
Trusted friends
Its inner circle was small. He was close to his mother and older sister, Irene, and a second friend says that Trachtenberg and Cohen had been living together at the time of his death. (She was seen in Sherman Oaks, California, at home she also shared with her mother the day she died.) “She loved her very much,” says the friend.
Remained narrow with many of its old cost. “He saw the Buffy cast more,” the friend says. (Gellar, says the privileged industry, “is devastated” by loss. “They talked often.)) Also kept in contact with Gossip girls Leighton Meester and Chalace Crawfordsaying Us In 2020, she and meester had recently dinner together.
The trashtenberg comedian friend Abbey Vollman revealed in a post of February 26 that they planned to write a program together and the director Casey Tebo He told X that “he does everything I can” to obtain a script written by Trachtenberg Made. Second friend says the actress was “excited” with the next hulu Junk Reboot, although it had not been signed. “Michelle focused on regaining his health and had great hopes for the future.”
Great loss
The close to her will remember her vibrant spirit and kindness. “He was a lovely human being and a good friend,” says the source of the industry. “He remembered the birthdays, he was kind and if he saw something on Instagram, he put himself in his hand and would say something nice.” The second close friend says that Trachtenberg loved “writing, buying, crime shows and their cats,” adding: “Michelle was so proud of everything he did, of every role of performance.” Trachtenberg’s neighbor, Rodriguez, adds that he was on land and friendly. “(Michelle) smiled everyone in the hallways and always said Hi,” says Us. “I am so sad that I will not see her anymore.”
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With the reports of Travis Cronin, Andrea Simpson and Amanda Williams