{"id":8988,"date":"2025-02-26T18:32:18","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T18:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/michelle-trachtenberg-star-of-gossip-girl-and-buffy-the-vampire-slayer-dies-at-39\/"},"modified":"2025-02-26T18:32:18","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T18:32:18","slug":"michelle-trachtenberg-star-of-gossip-girl-and-buffy-the-vampire-slayer-dies-at-39","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/michelle-trachtenberg-star-of-gossip-girl-and-buffy-the-vampire-slayer-dies-at-39\/","title":{"rendered":"Michelle Trachtenberg, star of &#8220;Gossip Girl&#8221; and &#8220;Buffy the Vampire Slayer,&#8221; dies at 39"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-0\">\n<section class=\"content__body\">\n<p>Michelle Trachtenberg, star of the teen drama series &#8220;Gossip Girl&#8221; and &#8220;Buffy the Vampire Slayer,&#8221; has died at 39 years old, sources confirmed to CBS News on Wednesday. She was found at her home in New York City, and the death is not believed to be suspicious, the sources said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\"><span class=\"img embed__content\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/02\/26\/10250fd3-6640-4349-9922-a3589baf6602\/thumbnail\/620x413\/f10a55954f5476e6a43fb87f7e6804c4\/gettyimages-865609876.jpg?v=78c95795a48cecb960a56aa16b9fa6dd#\" alt=\"Michelle Trachtenberg \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/02\/26\/10250fd3-6640-4349-9922-a3589baf6602\/thumbnail\/620x413\/f10a55954f5476e6a43fb87f7e6804c4\/gettyimages-865609876.jpg?v=78c95795a48cecb960a56aa16b9fa6dd 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/02\/26\/10250fd3-6640-4349-9922-a3589baf6602\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/089b8a36905ae4165e73967e571f0e86\/gettyimages-865609876.jpg?v=78c95795a48cecb960a56aa16b9fa6dd 2x\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20viewBox%3D'0%200%20620%20413'%2F%3E\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\"><span class=\"embed__caption\">Michelle Trachtenberg at the &#8220;InStyle Awards&#8221;  at the Getty Center in Los Angeles on Oct. 23, 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Matt Winkelmeyer\/Getty images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A child actor who grew up in Brooklyn and appeared in her first commercials at age 3, according to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0005502\/bio\/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">movie database <\/a>IMDb, Trachtenberg starred in &#8220;Harriet the Spy&#8221; and landed the plum role of Buffy&#8217;s younger sister, Dawn, in the hit series &#8220;Buffy the Vampire Slayer&#8221; in 2000. She wasn&#8217;t yet 18 years old.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She went on to star in the hit series &#8220;Gossip Girl,&#8221; and appeared in various other series and television movies including &#8220;House&#8221; and &#8220;NCIS: Los Angeles.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"content__meta--contributors\">\n      <em><\/p>\n<p>                                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/christopher-brito\/\" class=\"byline__author__link\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Christopher Brito<\/a><\/p>\n<p>        contributed to this report.<br \/>\n      <\/em>\n    <\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"chartbeat\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation component--type-recirculation-collection\">\n<p>                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/feature\/celebrities\/?intcid=CNI-00-10aaa3a\" class=\"component__view-more component__view-more--sm\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><br \/>\n            More<br \/>\n            <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"icon__caret-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#icon-caret-down\"\/><\/svg><\/a><br \/>\n                    <\/aside>\n<p><!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/cara-tabachnick\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Cara Tabachnick<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div class=\"content-author__full-information\">\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Cara Tabachnick is a news editor at CBSNews.com. 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