Success Isn't Everything

We need to talk about Kate Spade.

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Today, while working on social media posts for a women's franchise network, I came across the sad news that Kate Spade is dead--and apparently by her own hand.

Fashion Icon Kate Spade, Who Reinvented the Modern Woman, Is Dead at 55

Not again, I thought bleakly.

Spade leaves behind her spouse and a daughter, and I understand how many people will find it in poor taste to even talk about her passing so soon while her family grieves and the investigation is still underway.

But the truth is that she’s not the first celebrity to commit suicide and she’ll also be far from the last. News of Avicii’s own death just came in April, rocking the music industry. This time the world of fashion and design is similarly shocked.

How the media covers celebrity suicides can have life-or-death consequences

Of course, the news will also impact many of us--the normal people. The un-famous…