REPORTS: Fashion designer Kate Spade found dead in apartment of apparent suicide; UPDATED

TMZ is reporting that celebrated fashion designer Kate Spade has been found dead in her apartment:

#BREAKING Kate Spade Dead At 55 https://t.co/ZKKdbzqcOP

— TMZ (@TMZ) June 5, 2018

More from TMZ:

Iconic fashion designer Kate Spade was found dead Tuesday morning in her NYC apartment … TMZ has learned.

It’s unclear who found her, but we’re told Kate was in her home on Park Avenue at the time. There are reports it was suicide.

The AP has also picked it up:

BREAKING: Law enforcement officials: Fashion designer Kate Spade found dead in New York in apparent suicide.

— The Associated Press (@AP) June 5, 2018

Awful.

Wait…WHAT!?' https://t.co/nLqEBXBdt6

— LaurieAnn ??‍♂️? (@mooshakins) June 5, 2018

WHAT?!!? https://t.co/7LpUb9oRdE

— Mary #FlyTheW (@mchastain81) June 5, 2018

WHATTT???? https://t.co/3sFROTeS9y

— Yashar Ali ? (@yashar) June 5, 2018

What the hell?!

— DC (@DRCallista) June 5, 2018

Good lord. https://t.co/SkU9QegLLI

— Sean Agnew (@seanagnew) June 5, 2018

Whaaaaat? Wow. Terrible, just terrible. ?

— JenniferW (@JenWoodruff79) June 5, 2018

Oh no! RIP https://t.co/D0IX8trFJG

— Alyssa E. Hackbarth (@AlyssaEinDC) June 5, 2018

May she rest in peace.

*sigh*
Suicide….

You don't want a permanent solution to a temporary problem. You aren't broken. Please please reach out for help. ? pic.twitter.com/G6GsUjo1Uj

— LaurieAnn ??‍♂️? (@mooshakins) June 5, 2018

Editor’s note: This post has been updated with an additional tweet and text.

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Update:

Designer Kate Spade was found dead inside her Manhattan home. Police believe she committed suicide. She was found hanging by her housekeeper & there was a note.

— Kevin Rincon (@KevRincon) June 5, 2018

Authorities say designer Kate Spade is dead. Apparent suicide. They say she was found by her housekeeper, in her Park Avenue apartment, hanging, with a note nearby. #breaking

— Stacey Sager (@staceysager7) June 5, 2018