Jill Gascoine
Jill Gascoine (11 April 1937 – 28 April 2020) was a British actress and novelist. She was best known for her role as Detective Inspector Maggie Forbes in the 1980s television series The Gentle Touch and its spin-off series C.A.T.S. Eyes. In the 1990s, she also became a novelist and has published three books.
Jill Gascoine | |
|---|---|
| Born | 11 April 1937 |
| Died | 28 April 2020 (aged 83) Los Angeles, California, US |
| Occupation | Actress, novelist |
| Spouse(s) | Bill Keith (divorced) Alfred Molina (m. 1986) |
| Children | 2 |
In June 2013, Gascoine publicly revealed that she has Alzheimer's disease.[1] In November 2016 her husband, Alfred Molina, reported that she was "in a very advanced stage of Alzheimer's", and had been in a specialist care home for over two years.[2] She died from the disease on 28 April 2020, aged 83.[3]
References
- ↑ Graham, Caroline (9 June 2013). "TV's Gentle Touch star Jill Gascoine, 76, reveals she has been hit by Alzheimer's". MailOnline. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2338142/TVs-Gentle-Touch-star-Jill-Gascoine-76-reveals-hit-Alzheimers.html. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
- ↑ Power, Vicki (4 November 2016). "Alfred Molina: 'My mother and I had a few moments that were like the third act of Aida'". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/nov/04/my-family-values-alfred-molina-actor-rsc-jill-gascoine. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
- ↑ Moses, Toby (29 April 2020). "The Gentle Touch star Jill Gascoine dies aged 83". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/apr/29/the-gentle-touch-star-jill-gascoine-dies-aged-83. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
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