Michelle Trachtenberg

[TiQuinn]

Just wait until you get to my age, when you watch a show or movie I loved during my younger years and look up the actor to see what they are doing now and they are all dead... :/

Glee.

 

[Mallus]

So sad. I remember her from The Adventures of Pete and Pete.

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One of the greatest kids shows of all time.

 

[trappedslider]

Her first acting credit was in the Law and Order Season 2 episode "God Bless the Child"

 

[jdrakeh]

Ah, damn. That's sad.

 

[Deset Gled]

Word seems to be that she recently had to get a liver transplant; odds are pretty good her death is related to complications with that, and the liver transplant was due to a past experience with alcoholism. We may not be South Korea levels of bad but we still don't make life very easy for stars here in the States, especially not child stars. For every Wil Wheaton or Mara Wilson weird enough to cope and get through it mostly unscathed, there's, well...

Has there been any confirmation of the liver transplant being alcohol related? Plenty of people have liver issues for other reasons. None of the news I've read has given details.

One of the greatest kids shows of all time.

I can confirm: This show holds up.

 

[Gradine]

Has there been any confirmation of the liver transplant being alcohol related? Plenty of people have liver issues for other reasons. None of the news I've read has given details.

I had read that she had been struggling with alcohol for a while but trying to look it up now all I can find is rumor and "sources near" kind of stuff, so it might just be speculation. I'll remove the comment in that case.

 

[Twiggly the Gnome]

One of the greatest kids shows of all time.

When it was on, I was about the same age as Big Pete.

 

[Gecko85]

All we know right now is she recently had a liver transplant. That could have been due to liver cancer, or cirrhosis (which could have been from any number of things...) We just don't know. Any way you slice it, it's sad to lose someone so young.

 

[UngainlyTitan]

I had read that she had been struggling with alcohol for a while but trying to look it up now all I can find is rumor and "sources near" kind of stuff, so it might just be speculation. I'll remove the comment in that case.

She is a bit young for it to be alcohol related. Not impossible, but much younger than I would expect. There are other ways to screw up the liver, drugs, and hepatises of all types. In fact, looking up the causes of liver failure there are quite a few. In fact, the Mayo clinic web entry on liver failure lists "being female" as a major risk factor in liver failure.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Has there been any confirmation of the liver transplant being alcohol related? Plenty of people have liver issues for other reasons. None of the news I've read has given details.

Her former costars have been tweeting things like "she's struggled in recent years; I wish I could have helped her," which is suggestive.