Taylor Momsen marked what would have been Michelle Trachtenberg’s 41st birthday with a tender Instagram tribute, nearly two years after the *Gossip Girl* star’s death. The post was simple, but the emotion behind it was unmistakable: Momsen shared a selfie of Trachtenberg and wrote, “Happy birthday angel… I will always love and miss you.

Momsen and Trachtenberg were never written as close friends on *Gossip Girl* — Jenny Humphrey and Georgina Sparks moved in very different worlds — but their real-life connection was far deeper than the show ever suggested.
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