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Actress Michelle Trachtenberg Dead at 39

Actress Michelle Trachtenberg is dead. The 39-year-old was best known for playing Sarah Michelle Gellar's kid sister on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Level: B2 · 25 sentences

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  1. Actress Michelle Trachtenberg is dead.
  2. The 39-year-old was best known for playing Sarah Michelle Gellar's kid sister on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
  3. She also acted with Blake Lively in Gossip Girl.
  4. "Get over yourself, I was just trying to make you laugh."
  5. Michelle Trachtenberg was found dead this morning in her luxury apartment here in New York City by her mother,
  6. who called 911.
  7. Michelle had reportedly recently undergone a liver transplant
  8. and may have suffered complications.
  9. Foul play is not suspected.
  10. The star sparked concern in recent months, posting selfies looking gaunt and frail.
  11. "Please don't be afraid to ask for help if you need it," one fan commented.
  12. This photo from last year shows her with what appears to be thinning hair and jaundiced eyes,
  13. two symptoms of liver disease.
  14. "We are concerned about you, you look sick," goes this comment.
  15. She responded, "I've received several comments recently about my appearance."
  16. "I am happy and healthy."
  17. "Check yourself, haters."
  18. Trachtenberg's big break came when she was just 10 years old,
  19. playing the title character in Harriet the Spy.
  20. She visited our studio back in 1996.
  21. "That was quite an entrance!"
  22. Her Harriet the Spy co-star Rosie O'Donnell had this reaction:
  23. "Heartbreaking. I loved her very much."
  24. "She struggled the last few years. I wish I could have helped."
  25. A young, promising star... now gone too soon.