Overview

• On Oct. 11, Gellar shared an Instagram video of a Buffy-era hug set to “See You Again,” writing that she couldn’t imagine 40 but knew it “would be filled with love.”
• The post marked what would have been Trachtenberg’s 40th birthday, eight months after her death at age 39 in New York City.
• The New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner previously determined the cause of death as complications of diabetes mellitus, with the manner ruled natural.
• Gellar first met Trachtenberg on All My Children in the early 1990s before they portrayed on-screen sisters Buffy and Dawn Summers on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
• Gellar remains attached to a planned Buffy revival as an executive producer with a recurring role, while reports that Trachtenberg had been in talks to return were based on limited, unverified sourcing.