(Image Credit: Instagram)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nOther posts by Michelle Trachtenberg from the week before she died included various other throwbacks photos.<\/p>\n
Each has simple captions, one referring to the \u201cSunday scaries.\u201d Most seemed to have elements of nostalgia.<\/p>\n
It is unclear if Trachtenberg was catering to followers \u2014 many of whom watched her on television growing up and in their own early adulthoods. She may have also been avoiding negative reactions to more recent photos.<\/p>\n
\nWas she sick? Fans thought so<\/h2>\n
For the final year or so of Michelle Trachtenberg\u2019s life, she found herself dodging concerned fan questions regarding her appearance. <\/p>\n
She clapped back more than once, reminding fans that she is no longer the 14-year-old whom they likely first saw. Most 39-year-olds look different than their teenage selves.<\/p>\n
Of course, her tragic death at such a shockingly young age \u2014 and the news about her liver transplant \u2014 has fans wondering if they were right to worry about her health. Regardless, we are all in mourning.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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