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Star Trek actress Jill Jacobson’s cause of death has been revealed.
The star, best known for her roles in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Newhart, has died aged 70 after battling a “a long illness” according to friend and publicist Dan Harary.
Just months before her death, Jacobson revealed she had been diagnosed with oesophageal cancer about two and a half years ago.
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Harary told Deadline Jacobson died on December 8 at Culver West Health Centre in Culver City, California.
Her family also released a statement, the outlet reported.
“Beautiful, energetic, and positive to the end, she will be deeply missed by numerous relatives, friends, and her beloved dogs Benny and Kowalski,” the family said.
Actress Jill Jacobson in 2011. Credit: Tommaso Boddi/FilmMagicJacobson spoke of her cancer earlier this year during her appearance on the The Jim Masters Show, explaining that her cancer “kind of took me out of the game for a while”.
“What I went through was pretty intense. You can’t function, you just can’t function.
“And now I’m so grateful, I just want to keep going, I want to help people. It makes you want to help people.”
Jacobson was a spokesperson for the American Cancer Society.
Aspiring to be an actress, she graduated from the University of Texas in Austin with a degree in Radio-TV-Film/ Performance.
The actress got her start in the 1977 horror film Nurse Sherri before roles in Quantum Leap, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Newhart, Who’s The Boss?
She went on to hold another role in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
Jacobson also secured a small recurring role in the hit Days of our Lives in 1995.
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