'We were in touch with her the night before and she sounded happy. 'She was actively seeking help and working closely with her doctors to treat her disease, one that takes far too many lives,' Spade said in a statement to The New York Times. Kate Spade's husband and business partner, Andy Spade, said in a statement on Wednesday that the late designer had 'suffered from depression and anxiety for many years.' While media outlets have reported that Kate Spade left a suicide note addressed to her 13-year-old daughter, Spade said he has yet to see such a note and is 'appalled' that it has been shared with the media.Spade also revealed that he and his wife had been living separately for the last 10 months.Andy Spade, Kate Spade's business partner and husband of 24 years, revealed that the late fashion designed 'suffered from depression and anxiety for many years' in a statement to The New York Times on Wednesday.in her relationship,' said a police source. The Post reported that Kate was having a relationship problem with her husband prior to taking her own life. Please!' I know she perhaps had a plan, but she insisted she did not.' 'Sometimes you simply cannot SAVE people from themselves! One of the last thing she said to me was, 'Reta, I know you hate funerals and don't attend them, but for me would you PLEASE come to MINE, at least. 'After numerous attempts, I finally let go,' she added.

'She was definitely worried about what people would say if they found out.' According to Reta, Kate's husband Andy even assisted in trying to coax Kate into treatment, but 'nothing ever came of it.' 'She was all set to go - but then chickened out by the morning,' Reta added.

They agreed to fly in and talk with her and take her with them to the treatment center,' Reta said. I'd spoken with them on the phone (not telling them exactly who the patient would be).

'I'd come so VERY close to getting her to go in for treatment. Reta wrote in an email after her sister's passing that she and her family had tried to get the fashion and bag designer treatment for her mental illness, but she refused. Her sister Reta Saffo confirmed Kate suffered from mental illness for the last three or four years and was self medicating with alcohol.

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