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,

Jacobson was once married to Murphy Brown co-star Paul Dorman, though it appears they later divorced. The couple married in 2001. According to Trellis Law, Jacobson filed for divorce/separation in 2014 in Los Angeles, citing “dissolution without minor children.”