Amanda de Cadenet Reveals Michelle Trachtenberg FaceTimed Her from Hospital Mattress Earlier than Her Loss of life

Amanda de Cadenet is remembering her buddy Michelle Trachtenberg after her demise.

Following the Wednesday, Feb. 26 information of Trachtenberg’s demise at age 39, the 52-year-old media persona and photographer mourned the lack of the actress.

“Sweetheart Michelle. ❤️. What unhappy information this morning to get up to. It feels bizarre and terrible to be posting this, however I wish to acknowledge your demise as a result of I cared about you,” her tribute started. The Instagram put up included a photograph of a youthful Trachtenberg posing for the digicam. 

“I’ll at all times bear in mind you because the younger vivacious girl I met once I took this picture of you …,” de Cadenet continued. “Seeing your face from the hospital mattress once we FaceTimed lately, although you didn’t appear like you, your sweetness and humor had been nonetheless alive.”

“I cannot share the main points of our conversations over the past 6 months, however you knew that demise was a excessive chance,” de Cadenet wrote.

“I’m solely sorry that the result was not a greater one. Wishing you a peaceable transition candy buddy and will your spirit lastly relaxation. 🫶,” de Cadenet concluded.

She didn’t elaborate additional on her friendship with the actress or on Trachtenberg’s hospitalization.

The Gossip Lady actress was discovered “unconscious and unresponsive” by police on the morning of Wednesday, Feb. 26. A reason behind demise has not been confirmed. Nevertheless, Trachtenberg had lately undergone a liver transplant, sources inform PEOPLE.

Following the information of her demise, ABC Information reported her liver transplant might have led to “problems.”

A supply informed PEOPLE that within the yr prior, Trachtenberg was “actually down emotionally.” She additionally had been coping with “well being points.”

“She informed buddies she was struggling,” the insider mentioned. “She was actually, actually sick and open with these in her circle about how a lot she was struggling.”

Trachtenberg by no means publicly shared any well being circumstances. However in January 2024, she did reply to commenters on her Instagram after they advised she was unwell after she shared a selfie to her grid. “Enjoyable truth. That is my face,” she captioned the put up. “Not malnutrition no issues. Why do you need to hate? Get a calendar.”

Trachtenberg is finest recognized for her roles on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Gossip Lady. She acquired her begin in commercials earlier than touchdown her roles on Nickelodeon’s The Adventures of Pete & Pete and Harriet the Spy.

She additionally had a number of different distinguished roles throughout movie and TV through the years, together with in EuroTrip, 17 Once more and Ice Princess. Her final credited function was in 2023, reprising Georgina on Max’s Gossip Lady reboot.

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Her former costars from her numerous initiatives additionally mourned her, together with Harriet the Spy costars Rosie O’Donnell and J. Smith-Cameron, Buffy the Vampire Slayer costars Alyson Hannigan and James Marsters, Gossip Lady costars Blake Full of life, Ed Westwick, and Chace Crawford, and lots of extra.