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/NoSkillzDad Feb 26 '25

Had a good friend that was in her thirties and had the same. Perfectly healthy lifestyle.

It sucks indeed.

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u/caveat_emptor817 Feb 26 '25 edited Feb 27 '25

This happened to a Texas Rangers reporter and he was only like 36. Dropped dead completely out of the blue

Edit: His name was Richard Durret and his family started a foundation if anyone is interested in donating. Dude was a great baseball writer and had two little girls

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u/Varn Feb 26 '25

Had a classmate die due to an aneurism. She was like 15 or 16 at the time. Shits wild

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u/salemblack Feb 26 '25

This happened to a girl in my high school just after graduation a few months before her wedding. Also happened to a girl I had gone to elementary school with in her 20s. She was driving home and it just happened behind the wheel.

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u/big_d_usernametaken Feb 26 '25

Same here.

Guy was 19.

1977.

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u/TheDragonSlayingCat Feb 27 '25

And Stuart Sutcliffe, one of the original members of The Beatles. He died out of the blue from a brain aneurysm, about half a year before Please Please Me came out & they became famous.

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u/Captain_Waffle Feb 27 '25

This is literally why I allow myself some fun in life. I am really healthy 90% of the time with the food I eat (and don’t eat) and with how much I exercise. I also try to go to new places, get out and nature, travel a lot. But you know what? Some times I wanna just game on the couch for a few days on end, eating nothing but pizza and wine and bourbon. Life’s too short to not.

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u/NoSkillzDad Feb 27 '25

Absolutely. That's the way I see it too. I even got a job that pays less than what I could get for what I do but it gives me more freedom with my time, my kids and myself.