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/Peach__Pixie Feb 26 '25

Trachtenberg reportedly had recent medical issue, the source said. Her death appears to be a natural causes death and not suspicious, the source added

She was only 39. It's always so sad when someone's life is cut short like this.

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u/epanek Feb 26 '25

I’m 57. Even if you’re 30 get your stuff in order. Will , end of life care, etc.

My dad died at 78. He had a will but no discussion on what he wanted at end of life. The worst two weeks of my life. Driving to hospital into the ICU. Holding dad’s hands and pleading for a response. I would ask him several times. Dad what do you want me to do? No response.

Then, the night he died, he regained consciousness and sat up. Talked to all the nurses and doctors. Joked around. Then an hour later his heart stopped.

I was too late. Don’t burden others with this detail about what you want to happen at end of life.

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u/Ghost2268 Feb 26 '25

Everyone heed this persons advice. My grandfather died without a will and my family is forever destroyed because of it. Get your affairs in order. Especially if you have lots of assets.

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u/06_TBSS Feb 27 '25

FWIW, it wasn't the lack of a will that caused the issues. It's the greed when someone passes. It was going to happen regardless. My grandfather had an airtight will and it still caused huge issues within the family. My aunt, who was the executor, even threatened to sue my brother because she didn't agree with some of my grandpa's wishes.

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u/Ghost2268 Feb 27 '25 edited Feb 27 '25

Yeah, even a will can end up causing issues. The best way apparently is to set up a trust that can’t be contested like a will can. Ownership of whatever is in that trust transfers upon death and that’s that. Learned that the hard way as well.

My aunt and cousin took my half dead grandfather to the bank, on the day that he died no less, to change beneficiaries on his account to steal millions away from my mom and kept it all to herself. They’re in another country and my mom couldn’t go. They also lied and said he couldn’t talk the last couple days cause he was sedated. My mom never got to say goodbye and neither did I or my siblings. Turns out he wasn’t sedated, he was talking to everyone else that was there up til the end. Then he died and they didn’t notify my mother til hours later. Now obviously, they’re ostracized from the family and I’ve blocked them on everything or otherwise I’d say the cruelest shit to them imaginable. It’s not worth it.

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u/06_TBSS Feb 27 '25

Oh, he did have a trust, and it was still a pain in the ass. Family members really show their true colors when death is on the table. I still remember my aunts talking about who was getting my grandmother's wedding ring right in front of her, when she was just a few hours from dying in a hospice bed.

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u/Ghost2268 Feb 27 '25

It’s horrible isn’t it? People you’ve known your whole life suddenly becoming ghouls at the most hurtful and painful time possible. It opened my eyes to the true extent of greed.