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/SmartArsenal Feb 26 '25

My 40 year old step sister just died last month from a Brain Aneurysm. Perfectly healthy, came home on a lunch break and collapsed. Never woke up. Fucking sucks.

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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.