Jill Jacobson, a film and television actress known for her work on "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and the primetime soap opera "Falcon Crest," died Dec. 8 in Los Angeles. She was 70 years old. Jacobson's death was confirmed to Variety by publicist Daniel Harary,

Actress Jill Jacobson, who is remembered for her two season stint on the serialized drama Falcon Crest in the mid-1980s, died December 8 at Cedars-Sinai’s Culver West Health Center following a long illness.

Actress Jill Jacobson, who appeared in the primetime soap opera “ Falcon Crest ” died Dec. 8 in Los Angeles. She was 70. Publicist Daniel Harary told Variety that Jacobson died after a battle with “a long illness.”