Michelle Trachtenberg, Gossip Girl and Buffy actress, dies aged 39

Actress Michelle Trachtenberg, who rose to fame as a child star in the 1990s and 2000s, has died aged 39. Police in Manhattan said they responded to an emergency call on Wednesday morning. and found Trachtenberg "unconscious and unresponsive". She was pronounced dead at the scene. The American actress was best known for playing Buffy the Vampire Slayer's younger sister Dawn Summers, and later took…