Actress Michelle Trachtenberg was found dead in her apartment in New York City. The actress was 39. Trachtenberg was found dead in her apartment by her mother at around 8 a.m. Wednesday at One Columbus Place, a 51-story luxury apartment complex in Manhattan’s Central Park South neighborhood, reports the New York post. The cause of her death remains unknown. Reportedly, she had undergone a live transplant. According to a report in Page Six, her death is not being treated as suspicious. Michelle Trachtenberg is most popularly known for her roles in Gossip Girl and Buffy The Vampire Slayer. 

Michelle Trachtenberg passes away

The NYPD confirmed Trachtenberg was found “unconscious and unresponsive” by police and pronounced dead by EMS workers. They responded to the building after a 911 call reporting a woman experiencing cardiac arrest.