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   On 2025-02-26 18:24:30 +0000, EGK said:   
      
   > https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/michelle-trachtenberg-bu   
   fy-vampire-slayer-star-dead-39   
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   > No cause of death but it says she had undergone a liver transplant.   Holy   
   > shit, that's awful.   
      
      
       Michelle Trachtenberg, Gossip Girl and Buffy actress,   
       dies aged 39   
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       Michelle Trachtenberg, who rose to fame as a child star in   
       the 1990s and 2000s, has died aged 39, the New York Police   
       Department told CBS News, the BBC's US partner.   
      
       The American actress was best known for playing Buffy the   
       Vampire Slayer's younger sister Dawn Summers, and later   
       took on the role of manipulative socialite Georgina Sparks   
       in Gossip Girl - which ran from 2007 to 2012 - as an adult.   
      
       Her death is not being treated as suspicious, police said.   
      
       Trachtenberg made her film debut in Harriet the Spy in   
       1996, and she appeared in several Nickelodeon productions.   
      
       BBC News has reached out to Trachtenberg's representatives   
       for comment.   
      
       Police in Manhattan said they responded to an emergency   
       call on Wednesday morning, and they found Trachtenberg   
       "unconscious and unresponsive". She was "pronounced   
       deceased at the scene".   
      
       "Criminality is not suspected. The medical examiner will   
       determine the cause of death. The investigation remains   
       ongoing," the NYPD said in a statement.   
      
       Trachtenberg got her start in acting at three years old on   
       the Nickelodeon television series The Adventures of Pete &   
       Pete.   
      
       In the early 2000s, she was nominated for several acting   
       awards - including a Daytime Emmy Award - for her role in   
       Buffy the Vampire Slayer.   
      
       She also starred in films including EuroTrip, Ice Princess,   
       Killing Kennedy, and Sister Cities.   
      
       Trachtenberg first appeared in Gossip Girl in 2008. She   
       returned to the role for two episodes of the second season   
       of HBO Max's reboot in 2023.   
      
       Her last major acting role was in 2021 as the host of a   
       true-crime docuseries Meet, Marry, Murder, which appeared   
       on digital streamer Tubi.   
      
       In 2021, Trachtenberg accused Buffy the Vampire Slayer   
       creator Joss Whedon of inappropriate behaviour on set after   
       her co-star Charisma Carpenter said she had been left   
       traumatised due to the treatment she received from Whedon.   
      
          
      
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