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Warner Bros. Television mourns the tragic loss of our friend Michelle Trachtenberg, theofficialGossip GirlInstagramstated.
Lively posted a still from their firstGossip Girlscene together on her Instagram Story.
This is the first day I met Michelle, she wrote.
You knew when she entered a room because the vibration changed.
Everything she did, she did 200%.
Rosie ODonnell, who starred alongside Trachtenberg inHarriet the Spy,toldPeopleshe loved her very much.
She struggled the last few years.
I wish I could have helped.J.
She was so excited.
Smith-Cameron said the two had reconnected over social media once Trachtenberg had become an adult.
She was always very warm toward me, she wrote.
I feel very shocked and unsettled to hear of her passing.
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It was an honor and joy to write for Michelle for so many years.
Writers don’t write specific characters on shows, even though many people believe they do.
(How many times have I been asked “who wrote Blair?”
The answer is: everyone!)
However: