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Jill Jacobson Dies: ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’ & ‘Who’s the Boss?’ Actress Was 70


After a long illness, Jill Jacobson died on Sunday, Dec. 8 at Culver West Health Center in Culver City, California.

“Beautiful, energetic, and positive to the end, she will be deeply missed by numerous relatives, friends, and her beloved dogs Benny and Kowalski,” reads a statement from her family. QUANTUM LEAP, from left: Jill Jacobson, Scott Bakula, ‘Thou Shalt Not… – February 2, 1974’, season 2, ep. Jacobson appeared in such TV shows as Days of Our Lives, Falcon Crest, Quantum Leap, Murphy Brown and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Arli$$, Party Down, Hung and Castle, as well as multiple indie films since the ’70s.

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