{"id":115317,"date":"2025-02-28T09:45:54","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T02:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legendstitch.com\/?p=115317"},"modified":"2025-02-28T09:46:01","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T02:46:01","slug":"how-michelle-trachtenberg-found-love-before-her-sudden-d-e-a-t-h","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legendstitch.com\/how-michelle-trachtenberg-found-love-before-her-sudden-d-e-a-t-h\/","title":{"rendered":"How Michelle Trachtenberg found love before her sudden d.e.a.t.h"},"content":{"rendered":"

How Michelle Trachtenberg found love before her sudden d.e.a.t.h\n

The death of anyone is a heartbreaking event, but when it is a young death, it is even more so upsetting. Michelle Trachtenberg, who was a much beloved Hollywood actress left this earth much too early.\n

You might remember her for one of her many roles as she had joined the industry when she was incredibly young. And in her personal life, she had finally found love.\n

Keep reading to learn more about Michelle Trachtenberg\u2019s last love.\n

Michelle Trachtenberg was known for the various roles she played. From playing Georgina Sparks on Gossip Girl to Harriet Welsch in Harriet The Spy; she was well known among audiences of all ages.\n

She was found unresponsive on Wednesday, February 26, 2025 in her New York residence according to sources. She was found by her mother near 8AM local time.\n

While her cause of death is unknown for now, it is said that she had a liver transplant recently after she had battled alcohol issues and she might have been experiencing complications as a result of it.\n

For now, Daily Mail reported that police do not suspect any foul play. \u2018On Wednesday, February 26, 2025, at approximately 0801 hours, police responded to a 911 call of an aided individual at 1 Columbus Place, within the confines of the Midtown North Precinct,\u2019 police said in a statement they issued.\n

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\u2018Upon arrival, officers observed a 39-year-old female unconscious and unresponsive. EMS responded to the location and pronounced the victim deceased.\n

\u2018Criminality is not suspected. The Medical Examiner will determine the cause of death. The investigation remains ongoing,\u2019 Michelle\u2019s team said of her death after confirming it in a statement.\n

\u2018It is with great sadness to confirm that Michelle Trachtenberg has passed away. The family requests privacy for their loss. There are no further details at this time,\u2019 her representative said.\n

With all the success possible in her personal life, she also had a wonderful personal life, having found love with talent agent Jay Cohen. She was first linked to Cohen in 2020 after the couple publicly posted about one another on their social media.\n

Jay is partner and head of film finance and distribution at The Gersh Agency, one of Hollywood\u2019s oldest and largest talent agencies with offices in Los Angeles so the two were in the same industry. He moved to Los Angeles after a career on Wall Street. In L.A. he entered a three-year partnership with Oscar winner Dustin Hoffman.\n

He founded the company, Cosmic Entertainment, alongside Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell and Kate Hudson. His producing credits include a wide array of successes such as Swimming With Sharks, Two for the Money, and Bride Wars.\n

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Michelle had been signed to The Gersh Agency back in 2014.\n

And at the time it was revealed that she had been dating an agent from the agency for a year. And another insider had revealed that Michelle had indeed been Jay\u2019s client.\n

According to his social media, Jay has two daughters, Lili and Rachel. He shared pictures of his daughter Lili\u2019s wedding in November 2023. \u2018My youngest Lili and Lyndsay now married. I gained a new beautiful sweet loving daughter in my family,\u2019 he wrote in the caption.\n

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