RIP: Michelle Trachtenberg at 39 [ actress ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ ]….

[SteveG]

Trachtenberg found further success on the WB/UPN supernatural drama television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (2000–2003) as Dawn Summers, the younger sister of the show's eponymous protagonist, a role which won her another Young Artist Award and earned her three Saturn Award nominations.

She was also nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for her role as the host of the Discovery Kids series Truth or Scare (2001–2003). During the mid-2000s, she had a starring role in the film Ice Princess (2005) and supporting roles in the films Mysterious Skin (2004) and Black Christmas (2006). She also starred on the NBC television series Mercy (2009–2010) as Chloe Payne.

In the 2010s, Trachtenberg starred in several television films, including Killing Kennedy (2013) and Sister Cities (2015), and in the science fiction film The Scribbler (2014). She provided the lead voice of Judy in the Facebook Watch adult animated web series Human Kind Of (2018) and executive produced the teen drama web series Guidance (2015–2017) and the Tubi true crime television series Meet, Marry, Murder (2021).

[PeterB]

A nice page of tributes from her colleagues: https://www.eonline.com/photos/37560/sta...ergs-death

[NewtonMP2100]

….her family refused autopsy, so we, the public, will never know the cause……

[N-OS X-tasy!]

NewtonMP2100 wrote:
….her family refused autopsy, so we, the public, will never know the cause……

Not that it’s any of our business.

[NewtonMP2100]

....I didn't say it was.....I just said they declined the autopsy....it is their right.....

[RAMd®d]

Not that it’s any of our business.

Amen.

[AllGold]

She was also really good in 17 Again ... and (I saw this somewhere--didn't realize it myself until it was pointed out) co-starred with Matthew Perry. Now they're both gone, both too young.