Jill Jacobson, finest identified for her roles in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Who’s the Boss?, has handed away on the age of 70.
Jacobson died on Sunday, Dec. 8, following “an extended sickness” at Culver West Health Center in Culver City, California, in line with her pal and publicist, Dan Harary.
“Beautiful, energetic, and constructive to the top, she shall be deeply missed by quite a few family, mates, and her beloved canine Benny and Kowalski,” the household shared in a press release.
Earlier this 12 months, Jacobson revealed her difficult two-and-a-half-year battle with esophageal most cancers, which she finally overcame.
Reflecting on her expertise, she shared with Jim Masters, “What I went by was fairly intense. You can’t perform, you simply can’t perform. And now I’m so grateful, I simply need to hold going, I need to assist individuals. It makes you need to assist individuals.”
Her The New Gidget co-star and shut pal Caryn Richman paid tribute to Jacobson’s vibrant character, saying, “Jill’s comedian timing was sensible. And her enthusiasm and love of life made our time collectively on set joyful.”
Throughout her profession, Jacobson appeared in quite a few well-liked tv reveals, together with Days of Our Lives, Falcon Crest, Quantum Leap, Murphy Brown, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Arli$$, Party Down, Hung, and Castle.
She additionally featured in a number of unbiased movies spanning again to the Nineteen Seventies.
In addition to her appearing profession, Jacobson was acknowledged for her advocacy work, incomes awards as a spokesperson for the American Cancer Society.
