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Michelle Trachtenberg’s buddy revealed that the actress had quite a lot of well being struggles earlier than her tragic demise at 39. The Gossip Woman alum’s nameless pal advised US Weekly that each time they spoke, the previous was coping with some or the opposite bodily ailment.
As soon as, it was her again ache, then bone issues, and she or he additionally “fell a number of instances,” the supply recalled. Though the Ice Princess actress handled many curveballs within the well being division, she tried her finest to not let it get her down.
Regardless of her finest makes an attempt, Trachtenberg tragically handed away in her New York Metropolis condo on February 26. Sources advised The Submit that she had not too long ago undergone a liver transplant and presumably died attributable to its issues.
In keeping with the Mayo Clinic, genetic problems, most cancers, hepatitis, or extreme alcohol consumption might result in liver failure. However the EuroTrip actress’s buddy advised the outlet that she did drink however not “excessively” in public.
“She was by no means the sort to celebration onerous. In the long run, she was extra of a recluse,” the insider added. It claimed that folks in her inside circle knew about her transplant however she by no means went into the main points. Six days earlier than her stunning loss of life, Trachtenberg was noticed hanging out with buddies in NYC.
Nonetheless, an eyewitness advised the outlet then that she was in unhealthy form and that “one thing appeared off” together with her. The supply claimed that the Buffy the Vampire Slayer actress appeared frail and sick through the outing.
Furthermore, one in all her neighbors alleged that she seemed much less and fewer like herself days earlier than her sudden demise. The incident despatched a shockwave throughout the globe, prompting her former co-stars — Blake Energetic, Ed Westwick, Sarah Michelle Gellar, and others — to pen heartfelt tributes.
The reason for her loss of life has been dominated out “undetermined,” and no post-mortem was carried out as her household opposed attributable to spiritual causes.