Michelle Trantenberg did not get an autopsy so we might not ever know how she passed. Plus, find out why Usher is going back to college.

Michelle Trantenberg did not get an autopsy so we might not ever know how she passed. Plus, find out why Usher is going back to college.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Definite report. He's on the fresshell, all right, have to

(00:03):
start out with a serious story to do that after
that high that Jason was on. But on Wednesday, we
of course lost Gossip Girl and Harriet the Spy actress
Michelle Trachenberg and as you know, or you know, as
you know already, but we may never know her cause
of death. So one day after her poor mom found
her thirty nine year old actress daughter unconscious and unresponsive,

(00:27):
she was actually pronounced dead in her Manhattan apartment, but
the Medical Examiner's office confirmed that her cause of death
was ruled undetermined and we may never know actually because
Michelle's family objected to an autopsy, So if you didn't know.
In New York, families are able to decline an autopsy
due to either religious beliefs of the deceased or next

(00:48):
of kin, or if they're not interested in knowing the
cause of death, and it can only be required if
the medical examiner deems it necessary or in cases with
quote compelling public necessity, like being part of a criminal
investigation or being a threat to public health. I always
think it's interesting, though, when families don't want to know,
But I guess you know, what's done is done, And

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like I mentioned before, she did have that liver transplant,
so maybe they feel like they already know. I do
think she may have died in her sleep, which may
be some consolation to her family as well, and the
NYPD did confirm that her death was not under investigation
or listed as suspicious. Switching gears to a happier story,
Usher is set to deliver the keynote addressed at Emory

(01:29):
University's one hundred and eightieth commencement in May twelfth. Is
what he's going to be doing that and during the ceremony,
he's also going to get an honorary Doctor of Humane
Letters degree from the university, which is really cool if
you didn't know. His new look nonprofit helps underprivileged teens
find their passions and finish their education, and so he's
just really doing amazing work. The organization's Leadership program actually

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partnered with Emory University their Business School, which is an intensive,
four hundred hour program focused on prepared airing high school
students for college. By the way, amazing odds, one hundred
percent of Leadership Academy participants graduate high school and ninety
eight percent go on to college. So he's really doing
God's work and you know he's going to get his

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little honorary degree. Emery is in memories in Atlanta. Oh, okay,
I didn't know that. I don't know why. I was
thinking New Orleans. That's Tulane. You're right, you are correct, Yes, okay,
I'm sure. Oh is that what they say, the green Well,
that's sir mascot, the green wave tu Lane. I don't
know what that is exactly, like I think it's an
actual wave. I don't know. Oh, I don't know. Oh yeah, yeah,

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I'm so intimidated. But well, great mascot. By the way,
Queen Latifa will perform a tribute to the late Quincy
Jones at the Oscars. Executive producer Raj Kapor said, it's
a beautiful moment and we think it's going to be
very celebratory and make everybody feel really good. Quincy, of course,
pasted in November at the age of ninety one due
to pancreatic cancer. The Oscars are set to be hosted

(02:57):
by Conan O'Brien on ABC, streaming live on Hulu. That's Sunday,
March second, depending on where you are. The time will
be six or seven and some other performers are going
to be big Doja Cat, Cynthia Rivo, Ariana Grande, Ray,
Lisa from Black Pink, I know Jason will be tuning in. Yeah.
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