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Penn Badgley reflects on Gossip Girl costar Michelle Trachtenberg's 'surreal' death: 'She was really joyous'

Penn Badgley shared memories of his late 'Gossip Girl' costar Michelle Trachtenberg two months after her 'surreal' death at age 39: 'She was incredibly quick to laugh.'

The actor, who played Dan Humphrey on the hit series, recently shared his memories of the Harriet the Spy star, who died from diabetes complications at age 39 in February. Trachtenberg's death prompted several of her Gossip Girl costars to pay tribute, including Chace Crawford(who played Nate Archibald), who called her "one of a kind" in an Instagram post. She laughed the fullest at someone's joke, she faced authority head-on when she felt something was wrong, she cared deeply about her work, she was proud to be a part of this community and industry as painful as it could be sometimes, she was fiercely loyal to her friends and brave for those she loved, she was big and bold and distinctly herself."

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