Rachel Brosnahan remembers aunt Kate Spade 5 years after dying: ‘She’s nonetheless right here’

Rachel Brosnahan is marking the five-year anniversary of aunt Kate Spade’s dying with a touching tribute.

The “Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” star, 32, posted a throwback picture with the late designer on Instagram Monday, together with a prolonged caption sharing a particular reminiscence of her aunt, who died by suicide on the age of 55 in 2018.

“Can’t consider it’s been 5 years,” Brosnahan started.

“I’ve been serious about Katy so much recently as a result of 10 years in the past, once I was making my Broadway debut, she let me crash of their additional bed room whereas I found out my residing state of affairs.”

The actress continued, “She included me in household dinners each evening whereas we have been in rehearsals and would preserve additional meals for me within the fridge for once I got here dwelling from tech and previews. She would at all times ask in regards to the play and got here with bells on (and probably the most fabulous outfit) to our opening evening. She instructed me she sobbed by means of the bows as a result of she was proud.”

Brosnahan stated she was “not alone” in experiencing her aunt’s heat and empathy firsthand.

“That was the magic of Katy. She liked so laborious she was typically moved to tears, and laughter that moved by means of her total physique and pleasure that radiated out her pores. She unfold stardust over everybody she got here into contact with. I used to be fortunate to be in her orbit,” she wrote.

“It’s unusual to be in New York with out her. Its unusual to be again on stage with out her. But additionally, she’s nonetheless right here.”

Certainly, mere months earlier than her dying, Spade instructed Web page Six she was “beside herself” and “insanely proud” of her niece’s large win on the 2018 Golden Globes.

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One yr after her passing, the designer’s namesake model — which she based within the ’90s and exited in 2007 — reissued her iconic shopper bag and Brosnahan was grew to become the face of her different label, Frances Valentine, which is called after Spade’s daughter.

“I believe whenever you lose somebody you like very, very a lot, you spend a number of time attempting to consider the best way to preserve their spirit alive,” the actress stated on the “Right now” present in 2019.

“I believe in Katy’s case, there’s a lot of her left behind, and this was a chance for us to have a good time her life and her legacy.”