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Officials release ‘Gossip Girl’ star Michelle Trachtenberg’s official cause of death

FILE — Actress Michelle Trachtenberg died at the age of 39 in February. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)

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New York officials have revealed actress Michelle Trachtenberg’s cause of death.

People reported that the actress’s sudden death was a result of complications of diabetes mellitus, with the manner of her death being ruled as natural, according to the New York City chief medical examiner.

Wednesday’s news comes less than two months after the 39-year-old was found dead in a New York City apartment when law enforcement responded to a 911 call on Feb. 26.

After officers arrived, they found a woman, identified as Trachtenberg, unconscious and unresponsive.

Paramedics pronounced her dead at the scene. No foul play was suspected, authorities said.

Trachtenberg was a former child star who appeared in the 1996 “Harriet the Spy” hit movie and went on to co-star in two buzzy millennial-era TV shows — “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Gossip Girl.”

“The family requests privacy for their loss,” Trachtenberg’s representative, Gary Mantoosh, said in a February statement.