Danny Tamberelli Writes Heartbreaking Tribute toAdventures of Pete & PeteCostar Michelle Trachtenberg After Her Death

Mar. 15, 2025

From left: Michael C. Maronna, Danny Tamberelli, Iggy Pop and Michelle Trachtenberg in ‘The Adventures of Pete & Pete.'.Photo:Nickelodeon/courtesy Everett

Nickelodeon/courtesy Everett

Former Nickelodeon star Danny Tamberelli remembered hisThe Adventures of Pete & PetecostarMichelle Trachtenberginan emotional Instagram post.

“We grew up learning how to make people laugh together,” Tamberelli, 43, wrote alongside photos of them from the show and behind the scenes. “More importantly, we learned to make each other laugh and pull pranks on everyone. We were doing improv when it was still called playing pretend to get laughs.”

He said of Trachtenberg, whodied at age 39on Wednesday, Feb. 26, “She was a master of the clothespin game, tagging any and everyone she could. She once got upset when I got my 1st bass on set because I wouldn’t hang out during lunch. She hid the cable so I couldn’t play through the amp. I got the message.”

Danny Tamberelli (left) and Michelle Trachtenberg in ‘The Adventures of Pete & Pete.'.Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon

“She was a bright light, firecracker and caring person who spent a lot of time and effort advocating for people who needed a louder voice,” he said. “Michelle was someone to look up to in this business and to the general world at large. She will be missed. All my love, sympathy and compassion to[her mother] Lana, [her sister] Ireneand the rest of her family and friends.”

From left:Sarah Michelle Gellar, Seth Green, Michelle Trachtenberg and Nicolas Brendon in 2008.Neilson Barnard/Getty

Neilson Barnard/Getty

After her Nickelodeon days, Trachtenberg went on to star as Dawn inBuffy the Vampire Slayer,asGeorgina Sparks inGossip Girland as Casey inIce Princess, among other roles. Trachtenberg’sBuffycostarSarah Michelle Gellar remembered her in a tribute post, writing, “Michelle, listen to me. Listen. I love you. I will always love you," a reference tothe season 5 finale episode ofBuffyin which Buffy sacrifices herself for Dawn. “The hardest thing in this world, is to live in it. I will be brave. I will live… for you.”

HerGossip Girlcostar Blake Lively wrote on Instagramof Michelle, “She was electricity. You knew when she entered a room because the vibration changed. Everything she did, she did 200%."

Lively continued, “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.”

source: people.com