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Jill Jacobson’s Health: About Her Cancer Battle Before Death

Jacobson died at the age of 70 in December 2024 after battling a ‘long illness,’ her friend and publicist confirmed.

(Photo by Allen Berezovsky/WireImage) Esophageal cancer is a growth of harmful cells in the esophagus, which connects the throat to the stomach, per Mayo Clinic. “We are incredibly sad to say ‘goodbye’ to our beautiful, soulful, hysterically funny, elegantly raunchy client, Jill Jacobson,” the statement read. “Jill was a total spitfire of an actress with comedic timing straight out of a Marx Brothers’ flick and Hollywood glamor right from its golden age.

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