View this post on Instagram Happy Mother's Day to my beautiful mama. She is the personification of unconditional love and grace and light, I am so lucky. Love u mom ??? ?<doc-sep>Peggy Lipton, well-known and beloved as one of the original Mod Squad stars, as well a fixture of the original Twin Peaks, has sadly passed away. The Los Angeles Times reports that Lipton—mother to Rashida and Kidada Jones from a past marriage to music producer Quincy Jones—died of complications from her battle with cancer at the age of 72. “She made her journey peacefully with her daughters and nieces by her side,” Rashida and Kidada said in a statement to the Los Angeles Times. “We feel so lucky for every moment we spent with her. We can’t put all of our feelings into words right now, but we will say: Peggy was and will always be our beacon of light, both in this world and beyond. She will always be a part of us.” Lipton was born in New York City in 1946, and began a modeling career at the age of 15. By 1968, Lipton landed the role of Julie Barnes in ABC’s The Mod Squad, which would earn her four Emmy nominations and a 1971 Golden Globe award. She married producer Quincy Jones in 1974 and the pair divorced in 1990—after which Lipton returned to acting with the role of Norma Jennings in ABC’s Twin Peaks. Lipton would also reprise the role for Showtime’s 2017 revival, and even acted alongside her daughter Rashida as mother to the titular character in TBS’s Angie Tribeca. In addition to TV appearances over the years on The John Forsythe Show, Bewitched and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Lipton also appeared in films like The Postman and 2017’s A Dog’s Purpose. She also maintained a singing career in earlier years, landing on the charts with singles “Stoney End,” “Lu” and “Wear Your Love Like Heaven.”<doc-sep>So sad! Actress Peggy Lipton has passed away at the age of 72. We’ve got five things to know about the ‘Mod Squad’ star who was also Rashida Jones’ mother and Quincy Jones’ ex-wife. Yet another Hollywood treasure is gone with the sad passing of Peggy Lipton at the age of 72. She gained fame as Julie Barnes on on TV’s The Mod Squad from 1968–1973, and was introduced to a new generation of fans as Norma Jennings on David Lynch’s iconic show Twin Peaks. Off-screen she was longtime partner and ex wife of musician and music mogul Quincy Jones, and had two daughters by him, Rashida , 43, and Kidada., 45. The ladies put out a statement to the L.A. Times about their mom which read “She made her journey peacefully with her daughters and nieces by her side. We feel so lucky for every moment we spent with her.” Here are five things to know about Peggy. 1. Peggy was married to Quincy Jones from 1974-1990 and put acting on hold to raise their family. The pair married the year after The Mod Sqaud ended and once she had Rashida and Kidada, Peggy went on an acting hiatus to be a stay home mom to her girls. She eventually separated from Quincy and they officially divorced in 1990. 2. Peggy initially started out as a model. She was 15 when she broke into the modeling business, following by getting smaller acting gigs on shows like Bewitched and The Virginian. 3. Peggy was only 21-year-old when she gained national fame on The Mod Squad. Her waifish figure and blonde beauty made her perfect for the role of a flower-child turned undercover hippy cop on the late 60s action series. 4. Peggy’s daughters work in Hollywood professions. Rashida followed her mom into acting is best know for her role on NBC’s Parks and Recreation. Kidada modeled and dabbled in acting but later became a jewelry designer, working with the Walt Disney Company on a line called Kidada for Disney Couture. 5. Peggy was a cancer survivor. She was diagnosed with and treated for colon cancer when she was 56 but had beat the disease. It’s unclear at this time what her cause of death was.<doc-sep>LOS ANGELES — Peggy Lipton, actress and singer known for her roles in "The Mod Squad" and "Twin Peaks," and the mother of Rashida Jones, has died at 72 of cancer. Her daughers Rashida and Kidada Jones announced her death in a statement. She had been diagnosed with colon cancer in 2004. "She made her journey peacefully with her daughters and nieces by her side," Lipton's daughters said in a statement. "We feel so lucky for every moment we spent with her." Lipton won a Golden Globe and was Emmy-nominated four times for her role as flower child Julie Barnes in "The Mod Squad," in which she starred from 1968 to 1973. She became a fashion icon for her hippie outfits on the show, which featured three hip undercover cops, "One black, one white, one blonde," as the marketing campaign described. Clarence Williams III and Michael Cole were her fellow bell bottom-wearing undercover officers in one of the first shows to feature a multiracial cast and one of the first to depict the growing counter-culture movement. After a long break to raise her daughters, she returned to acting on David Lynch's original "Twin Peaks" series, on which she played Norma Jennings, the owner of the Double R Diner. She reprised her role in the recent revival of the series. Actress Rashida Jones and her mother actress Peggy Lipton in 2009. Lipton has died at age 72. AFP - Getty Images On "Angie Tribeca," she played Rashida Jones' mother as Peggy Tribeca. She recently appeared in "Claws" and "A Dog's Purpose" and had roles in Kevin Costner's "The Postman" and on "Popular," "Alias" and "Crash." Claire Danes played the "blonde cop" role in the 1999 feature film version of "The Mod Squad," and Lipton returned for a brief cameo. At the height of her popularity in 1968, she released a self-titled album and had a hit in 1970 with a cover of Donovan's "Wear Your Love Like Heaven." In her 2006 memoir "Breathing Out," she describes being abused as a child by an uncle and suffering several abusive relationships. Lipton was romantically linked to Paul McCartney, Sammy Davis Jr. and Elvis Presley. Born in New York, she started modeling at age 15 and started acting at 19, appearing in TV series including "The John Forsythe Show," "Bewitched" and "The Virginian." She married musician and producer Quincy Jones in 1974, making headlines and facing racism for the controversial interracial relationship. They divorced in 1990 after separating in 1986.<doc-sep>
Actress and former model Peggy Lipton, best known for her TV roles on the 1960s police drama “The Mod Squad” and the cult-classic series “Twin Peaks”, has died from cancer. She was 72. Kidada and Rashida Jones, Lipton’s daughters from her marriage to famed music producer Quincy Jones, confirmed their mother’s passing to ET on Saturday. “We are heartbroken that our beloved mother passed away from cancer today,” Lipton’s daughters said in a statement to ET. “She made her journey peacefully with her daughters and nieces by her side. We feel so lucky for every moment we spent with her.” “We can’t put all of our feelings into words right now but we will say: Peggy was, and will always be our beacon of light, both in this world and beyond,” they added. “She will always be a part of us. We ask that you respect our family’s privacy.” Lipton was a Golden Globe winner, and she was also Emmy-nominated four times for her role as Julie Barnes in “The Mod Squad”, in which she starred from 1968 to 1973. After a break from the acting spotlight to raise her daughters, she returned to the small screen in 1989 in David Lynch’s original “Twin Peaks” series. Lipton starred as Norma Jennings, the owner of the Double R Diner, and she also returned to reprise her role in the 2017 Showtime revival of the beloved series. MORE FROM ET: Rashida Jones Secretly Gave Birth to Her First Child Months Ago Rashida Jones Secretly Welcomes First Child With Vampire Weekend Singer Ezra Koenig 14 Reasons Why Rashida Jones is One of the Coolest Women in Hollywood