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        Michelle Trachtenberg's Cause of Death Revealed   
        as Complications From Diabetes Mellitus   
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        Michelle Trachtenberg died due to natural causes, as a result of   
        complications from diabetes mellitus. The New York City Office   
        of Chief Medical Examiner confirmed the results to People on   
        Wednesday.   
      
        Trachtenberg was discovered unconscious and unresponsive in her   
        Manhattan apartment on the morning of Feb. 26. The "Harriet the   
        Spy" and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" actor's family had declined   
        an autopsy at the time after the NYPD determined that there was   
        no evidence of foul play or criminality.   
      
        Beginning work as a child actor, Trachtenberg appeared in the   
        '90s Nickelodeon series "The Adventures of Pete & Pete" before   
        starring in the family film "Harriet the Spy" in 1996 at the age   
        of 10. As a teenager, she featured as Dawn Summers in "Buffy the   
        Vampire Slayer," joining the series in Season 5 and staying   
        involved until its wrap. She also played the villainous Georgina   
        Sparks on the teen drama "Gossip Girl," recurring through the   
        show's run from 2007 to 2012.   
      
        "Trachtenberg's untimely death, at 39, marks a passage for   
        millennials - she was one of the signature young stars with whom   
        this generation grew up," wrote Variety's chief correspondent   
        Daniel D'Addario in a tribute after he death. "On the   
        cult-favorite Nickelodeon show 'The Adventure of Pete & Pete,' she   
        provided deadpan ballast to the show's surrealist trappings. She   
        allowed a way into the proceedings on 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer'   
        for young viewers, playing Buffy's little sister Dawn, one of the   
        show's emotional fulcrums. Later, on 'Gossip Girl,' Trachtenberg's   
        Georgina Sparks was a gleeful agent of chaos - taking the   
        fast-ticking mind and the acuity with a sharp insult that the   
        actress had exhibited in 'Harriet the Spy' and flipping it on its   
        head."   
      
      
      
      
      
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