No Stranger to Tragedy
While everyone knows about the loss of his friend Chris Farley, most people don’t know that Spade is no stranger to tragedy. When he was 15, Spade’s stepfather took his own life. Also, his older brother’s wife, Kate Spade, also took her life recently, and it shook the entire Spade family.
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Kate Spade had been struggling with depression and anxiety, so in her honor, Spade donated $100,000 to NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness. It has only been three years since the loss of his sister-in-law, but the family continues to honor her memory.