The official cause and the death form of Michelle Trachtenberg will remain undetermined, according to the Office of the main forensic doctor of New York City.
The family of the “Buffy The Vampire Slayer” star opposed having an autopsy performed at the actor, his right under the law, for religious reasons.
“[A]Blenent any suspicion of crime about the circumstances of death, the forensic doctor will honor the objection, ”said an office spokesman on Friday in a statement to Times.
When that happens, research could be limited to an external exam.
It is said that Trachtenberg, the son of immigrants who grew up in Brooklyn speaking English and Russian, was of Jewish faith in which autopsies are generally not performed because it is believed that the bodies are sacred and should not be manipulated after death.
The “Gossip Girl” star was found without answering Wednesday in his New York City Department and was declared dead on the scene. He was 39 years old. Trachtenberg recently underwent a liver transplant and could have experienced complications, ABC News reported.
“The family requests privacy for their loss,” said Trachtenberg representative Gary Mantosh, in a statement to Associated Press.
TMZ reported that Trachtenberg's mother saw her daughter Viva on Tuesday night and that Trachtenberg did not seem to have health problems.
The actor had caused concern among fans on social networks in recent years after his appearance in photos seemed altered. Trachtenberg hit in January 2024 saying that he was “happy and healthy” and that he had never undergone plastic surgery, but was simply aging.
“Fun data. This is my face, ”said another publication that month. “Not malnutrition there are no problems. Why do you have to hate? Get a calendar. “
The actors who worked with the star “Harriet The Spy” and “The Adventures of Pete & Pete” paid tribute to her on social networks, expressing shock for her inappropriate death. The “Gossip Girl” student, Blake Lively, described his old on -screen nemesis as “electricity.”
“You knew when it entered a room because the vibration changed. Everything he did, did 200%, “wrote the star of” This ends with us “in Instagram's stories.” He laughed all the maximum of someone's joke, faced the authority in front when he felt that something was wrong, he worried deeply about his work, I was proud to be part of this community and industry as painful as it could be sometimes, it was fiercely loyal with his friends and brave bold and distinctive. “
The “Buffy” Sarah Michelle Gellar star shared a series of trachtenberg photos with a moving “buffy” adapted to her late co -star and younger sister on the screen.
“Michelle, listen to me. Hear. I love you. I will always love you. The most difficult thing about this world is to live in it. I will be brave. I will live … for you, “Gellar wrote, also sharing a photo of them with her late friend and the” Beverly Hills, 90210 “Shannen Doherty star.
Alyson Hannigan, David Boreanaz and James Marsters also wrote emotional tributes to his colleague who starred several seasons of the cult classic during stellar schedule. Actor Nicholas Brendon, who was also a member of the “Buffy” Scooby gang, also caused concern when he responded to a commentator during a live broadcast, saying: “She was a girl … is tragic. I didn't know that nothing was happening.”
The photographer and friend Amanda de Catenet hinted at a health problem in her tribute to Trachtenberg.
“I will always remind you as the young vivacious woman I met when I took this photo …”, wrote about Cadenet in the subtitle of a publication that has been amended, according to People. “Seeing the face of the hospital bed when we recently face, even though you didn't look like you, your sweetness and humor were still alive.”
“I will not share the details of our conversations in the last 6 months. But you knew that death was a great possibility, ”he wrote in the original publication.
