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Michelle Trachtenberg, the actor best known for film and television roles including "Gossip Girl" and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", has died. She was 39.
She was found unconscious and unresponsive Wednesday in her Manhattan apartment, according to the New York City police department. According to the New York Post, which first reported the news, she had recently undergone a liver transplant. Trachtenberg's cause of death has not been confirmed, but the NYPD said criminality was not suspected.
In a statement, NYPD said that officers responded to a 911 call just after 8 a.m. and Trachtenberg was pronounced dead by emergency medical workers, who also responded to the scene.
"It is with great sadness to confirm that Michelle Trachtenberg has passed away," her publicist Gary Mantoosh said in a statement. "The family requests privacy for their loss. There are no further details at this time."
