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
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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
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