Fashion designer Kate Spade was found dead in an apparent suicide in her New York City apartment on Tuesday, June 5.<br /><br />According to one news source, police responded to a call at around 10 am after Spade was found by her housekeeper. A suicide note was found at the scene.<br /><br />The designer, who founded the fashion brand with her husband, was 55.<br /><br />"Our thoughts are with her family at this incredibly heartbreaking time. We honour all the beauty she brought into this world," the company said in a tweet.<br /><br />Her body can be seen being removed from her apartment in this footage filmed by a passerby.
