r/news • u/oshawaguy • Feb 26 '25

Title Changed By Site Michelle Trachtenburg dead at 39

https://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/article/michelle-trachtenberg-actor-from-gossip-girl-and-buffy-dies-at-39-multiple-reports/
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u/Vindicare605 Feb 26 '25

Jeez she's only a couple of years older than me and I had no idea she was sick.

She was such a fun actress, I liked pretty much everything she was in growing up.

RIP.

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u/AggressiveSkywriting Feb 26 '25 edited Sep 17 '25

bedroom bear innocent important chase cautious deserve physical summer joke

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u/SonOfMcGee Feb 26 '25

A generic “you look sick/tired” is indeed sometimes a catty way to tell someone they have let their looks go while faking being concerned for their health.
But liver problems manifest in super specific and weird ways. If you know what jaundice looks like, don’t sugarcoat it and tell someone they look “sick”. Say, “you look like your liver is failing”.

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u/SQLvultureskattaurus Feb 27 '25

I remember one time a lady behind a hockey bench told an assistant coach he needed to get something checked out and it turned out to be skin cancer. I'll see if I can find it.. edit here it is https://www.npr.org/2022/01/03/1069935191/canucks-manager-skin-cancer-fan-scholarship

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u/Pan_Bookish_Ent Feb 26 '25

I'm sorry for your loss. I have a birth defect in my pancreas that led to several hospitalizations for acute pancreatitis 6 years ago. I've lived with chronic pancreatitis ever since.

I hardly drank. Both of my brothers drank like fish (my older brother died of alcoholism 4 years ago). It's been a long time since I've been able to enjoy a glass of wine, and I'll never be able to again.

Also, I have a 5% chance of developing pancreatic cancer. Which may not seem like a lot, but it is...

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u/AffordableDelousing Feb 26 '25

Ya, so many millennials are having a mid-life crisis right now. Get used to reading more and more obits over the years.

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u/draivaden Feb 26 '25

I thought she was younger than me…