Gossip Woman actress Michelle Trachtenberg died because of problems from diabetes, New York Metropolis’s medical expert has mentioned.
The 39-year-old, who was additionally identified for Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Harriet the Spy, was discovered lifeless at her residence in New York Metropolis after officers responded to a 911 name on 26 February.
On the time of her demise, officers mentioned no foul play was suspected, and the medical expert’s workplace had listed her demise as “undetermined”.
Trachtenberg’s household had objected to a autopsy, which the medical expert’s workplace honoured as a result of there was no proof of criminality.
However the medical expert’s workplace mentioned in a press release on Thursday it amended the trigger and method of demise for the actress following a evaluate of laboratory take a look at outcomes.
Trachtenberg was greatest identified for her function as Daybreak Summers in Buffy, the youthful sister of the title character performed by Sarah Michelle Gellar between 2000 and 2003.
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Michelle Trachtenberg. Pic: AP
Between 2008 and 2012, she performed Georgina Sparks on Gossip Woman – the malevolent rival of Blake Energetic’s Serena van der Woodsen and Leighton Meester’s Blair Waldorf.
She additionally starred within the film 17 Once more, the place she portrayed daughter Maggie O’Donnell, comedy movie Eurotrip and the 2005 teen movie Ice Princess.
In 2001, she acquired a Daytime Emmy nomination for internet hosting Discovery’s Fact or Scare.