Lisa MaxwellThe family is grieving a tragic loss.
Beau Jessup—the daughter of the British television actress and her husband Paul Jessup— died at the age of 27, according to the Columbia Journalism School, where Jessup studied as a graduate student.
“Columbia Journalism School mourns the loss of Beau Jessup, a student in our MS program,” the school shared in a statement from November 9. “We extend our deepest condolences to her family, friends, classmates and all who knew and loved her.”
No cause of death has been shared.
Before his death, Jessup gave an interview in his college newspaper. Colombia News in which she explained how Maxwell, known for her role as Samantha Nixon in The bill from 2001 to 2009 and as a presenter on the chat show Loose women– inspired her to pursue journalism.
“As the daughter of a television actress, I grew up with an unusual awareness of the distance between people’s lives and the stories told about them,” she explained in the interview published on November 9. “I saw how journalism could illuminate someone’s experiences, but also how those experiences could be distorted, simplified, or transformed into a public narrative over which the subject had very little control. »
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