Spade was found dead in her upper east side apartment in new york city. Spades body was discovered on tuesday by. The note that designer kate spade left behind after she hanged herself early tuesday had messages for both her husband and 13-year-old daughter and was meant to explain her actions, a new. She was found by her housekeeper at around 10:20 am, and had used a red scarf for the deed. Kate committed suicide by hanging on 5 june 2018 in her manhattan apartment at age 55. While police have called spade s death a likely suicide, the medical examiner is conducting an autopsy to confirm how she died. Spade was found dead tuesday in her new york apartment. Meanwhile, spade was remembered tuesday in a flood of social. How did kate spade die? Her cause of death was ruled suicide by hanging. Kate spade fell into a deep depression days before she hanged herself in her manhattan apartment because her husband andy wanted a divorce and she didnt want their marriage to end. The sister of celebrated fashion designer kate spade says she may have taken her own life because of a struggle with mental illness. A new york medical examiner has ruled that kate spade s death was caused by suicide, two days after the fashion designer died in her manhattan flat.
