Kate Spade killed herself after husband sought divorce
Thursday - June 7, 2018 8:18 am ,
Category : LIFESTYLE
New York June 7 (IANS) Retail icon Kate Spade fell into a deep depression days before hanging herself because her husband who had moved out of their home had sought a divorce according to a report.
The despondent 55-year-old fashion designer did not want her 24-year marriage to Andrew Spade to end TMZ reported citing law enforcement sources.
Spade hanged herself with a scarf inside her Park Avenue home here on Tuesday morning leaving a suicide note to her daughter Frances Beatrix Spade 13 pagesix reported.
The Spades had separated and the husband was living in a nearby apartment according to New York Post.
In Spade s suicide note to her daughter she suggested that Andrew Spade would know why she took her life.
"This has nothing to do with you " the note reads in part The Post said. "Don t feel guilty. Ask your dad."
Spade s sister Reta Saffo said the fashion icon had suffered from years of depression and had refused to get treatment.
"I will say this was not unexpected by me " Saffo wrote to the Kansas City Star newspaper.
"She was always a very excitable little girl and I felt all the stress/pressure of her brand (KS) may have flipped the switch where she eventually became full-on manic depressive."
--IANS in/
The despondent 55-year-old fashion designer did not want her 24-year marriage to Andrew Spade to end TMZ reported citing law enforcement sources.
Spade hanged herself with a scarf inside her Park Avenue home here on Tuesday morning leaving a suicide note to her daughter Frances Beatrix Spade 13 pagesix reported.
The Spades had separated and the husband was living in a nearby apartment according to New York Post.
In Spade s suicide note to her daughter she suggested that Andrew Spade would know why she took her life.
"This has nothing to do with you " the note reads in part The Post said. "Don t feel guilty. Ask your dad."
Spade s sister Reta Saffo said the fashion icon had suffered from years of depression and had refused to get treatment.
"I will say this was not unexpected by me " Saffo wrote to the Kansas City Star newspaper.
"She was always a very excitable little girl and I felt all the stress/pressure of her brand (KS) may have flipped the switch where she eventually became full-on manic depressive."
--IANS in/
