Michelle Trachtenberg Has Died at Age 39

glamour.com:

of , 39, on February 26, came as a devastating blow. Among fans, her loss is perhaps most keenly felt by those of us who grew up alongside the actor, watching her as a child star, teen, and finally as an adult actor.According to , the actor was found dead in her New York City apartment, and is believed to have died of natural causes.Some remember Trachtenberg best as Harriet the Spy, which, in 1996, was her first major movie role.

At just 11 years old, Trachtenberg starred as the spunky kid-detective with a notebook full of incriminating observations about her classmates.For others, in their hearts, Trachtenberg will always be Dawn, Buffy Summers's annoying but lovable younger sister in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Dawn made her first Buffy appearance in season five in 2000, when she was introduced as the sister Buffy never knew she had.

Her existence turned out to be part of a demonic plot, but Trachtenberg's character stayed through the end of the series in 2003, by which point she had become as important a member of the Scooby-gang as any of the others, even if Dawn wasn't initially beloved by fans. “I still get comments like, ‘Oh my God!