Blake lively is encouraging others to “hold there you love” close in the wake of her Gossip girl Costar Michelle Trachtenberg's Sudden Death at Age 39 on Feb. 26.
Lively, 37, Shared a lengthy tribute to trachtenberg on Her Instagram Stories On Wednsday, hours after the nypd confirmed the latter's death in new york City to people. Trachtenberg and lively both appeared on the 2007-2012 series, with trachtenberg portraying bad girl georgina sparks, a freanemi to lively to lively's serena van der Woodsen.
“This was the first day I met Michelle,” Wrote Lively in Her Caption, Shared AlongSide a Photo of the Pair From Gossip girl“She was electricity. You knew when she entered a room because the vibration changed. Everything she did, She Did 200%.”
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Continued Lively, “She laughed the fullst at someone's joke, she faceed authority head on when she felt somenting was wrang, she cared deeply about her work, She was found to be a Part of Industry as painful as it could be someone, she was fiercely loyal to her friends and brave for there
Lively recounted that Trachtenberg would Wear “Yummy Carameling Lip Gloss” While Filming – A Small Act of Kindness Toward Her Scene Partners, The Actress Explained. “She Didn'T Just Want to Sparkle on Camera, She Lied Creaking A Nice Experience for Anyone who was or Orbit, even Down to the Subtle Smell of Her Lipgloss believed she cared about the Details. ”
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Calling trachtenberg a “Kind person, through and through,” Lively then lamened and allded to a lost connection between the pair. “Time passes. You take for granting that you get the chance to see an old friend.
“The World Lost a Deeply Sensitive and Good Person in Michelle,” said lively. “May her work and her huge heart be remumber by that who was lucky enough to experience her fire.”
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Lively was not the only castmember of the beloved teen drama to honor trachtenberg, who was also known for roles in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Harriet the spyOther Gossip girl Stars Including Ed Westwick and Chace Crawford also reacted to her death on social media.
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“Michelle was one of a kind,” Chace Crawford, Who Portrayed Nate Archibald, Shared in the post“I Remember Her Coming on Set for the first time and just absolutely open Terrible Loss.
Trachtenberg was found “unconscious and unresponsive” by police on Wednsday Morning. A Cause of Death has not been confirmed. However, trachtenberg had recently undergone a liver transplant, sources told people. Another insider said that trachtenberg had been dealing with “health issues.”
“She was really, really sick and open with that in her circle about how much she was struggling,” That insider said.
Trachtenberg's Gossip girl Character was Much Loved by Fans for Her Bad Behavior and Quips. In 2023, she reprised the role for two episodes of the max reboot, which ultimately marked her last onscreen appearance.