By Tim Dams British actor Jill Gascoine, known for starring in 1980s TV drama “The Gentle Touch,” has died at the age of 83 after a 10-year battle with Alzheimer’s disease.
Gascoine played Detective Inspector Maggie Forbes in ITV’s “The Gentle Touch,” the first British police drama with a woman in the main role.
She continued playing the character in spin-off “C.A.T.S. Eyes,” and also starred in “The Onedin Line” in the 1970s. She was married to actor Alfred Molina.
After moving to Los Angeles with Molina in the 1990s, she went on to become a novelist. Her son Adam Gascoine confirmed her death on Facebook Wednesday, writing: “She suffered from Alzheimer’s for 10 years, so today was a thankful release.
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