The death of Michelle Trachtenberg one week ago was definitely a shock, and tributes to the late actress have ben rolling in from the Buffy cast and more. While her passing was a surprise, Trachtenberg’s friends recently opened up about the health issues she'd be not-so-privately dealing with.

Whenever we spoke, there was something medically wrong,” the pal said of the “Gossip Girl” star’s health “curveballs.”

Michelle Trachtenberg was close to closing a deal for a screenplay she had been working on for years before her shocking death last week, TMZ reports. Speaking to a director and producer involved with the project,