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>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>Peggy Lipton, known for her roles on The Mod Squad and Twin Peaks has died. She was 72. In a statement to the Los Angeles Times that was later obtained by PEOPLE, Lipton’s daughters from her marriage to music producer Quincy Jones, confirmed that she had passed away from cancer on Saturday. Get push notifications with news, features and more. “She made her journey peacefully with her daughters and nieces by her side,” Kidada Jones and Parks and Recreation actress Rashida Jones said. “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,” the pair added. “She will always be a part of us.” Lipton, who was born in New York, began her career working as a model as a teenager before landing her first television role at the age of 19, according to the Times. She went on to appear on Bewitched and The Alfred Hitchcock Hour before landing the role as undercover hippie cop Julia Barnes on counterculture ABC series The Mod Squad, which aired from 1968 to 1973. In addition to earning four Emmy nominations for her work on the series, Lipton won a Golden Globe for best actress in a television drama in 1971. Speaking to PEOPLE in 1975, Lipton shared that while she “enjoyed” her time on the series, she was ready for the series to end. “I didn’t realize how violent Mod Squad was,” she said. “When it was over, I was so happy I couldn’t wait.” Lipton went on to enjoy a singing career, with three of her singles hitting the Billboard charts, according to Entertainment Weekly. Rashida Jones, Peggy Lipton Rashida Jones and Peggy Lipton | Credit: Michael Buckner/Getty Lipton and Grammy-winning producer Jones were married from 1974-90, and went on to have two daughters. Although Lipton took a hiatus from acting during their marriage, following their divorce in 1990, Lipton returned to acting, taking on the role of Double R Diner owner Norma Jennings on the cult classic series Twin Peaks — a part which she reprised when the show’s 2017 revival. In recent years, Lipton also appeared in the film A Dog’s Purpose as well as on comedy series Angie Tribeca, where she played the mother of her real-life daughter Rashida’s character.<doc-sep>Born in New York City in 1946, she began modeling at age 15, and started taking acting classes shortly thereafter. She made her debut on television at age 19, mostly in guest roles, before a breakout role on the television show The Mod Squad as undercover flower-child cop Julia Barnes. The show, which dealt with serious topics of the time such as the Vietnam war and drugs, also featured one of the first interracial casts on television. It ran from 1968 to 1973.<doc-sep>
Peggy Lipton, the actress who first gained fame on “The Mod Squad” in the 1960s and then attracted a new generation of fans on “Twin Peaks,” has died, according to reports. Lipton, 72, the former wife of music producer Quincy Jones, succumbed to cancer, the Los Angeles Times reported. MATTHEW MORRISON PAYS TRIBUTE TO LATE 'GLEE' CO-STAR CORY MONTEITH ON BIRTHDAY Her death was announced Saturday by daughters Kidada and Rashida Jones. “She made her journey peacefully with her daughters and nieces by her side,” Lipton’s daughters said in a statement, according to the L.A. Times. “We feel so lucky for every moment we spent with her.” Lipton was born in New York in 1946 and began modeling at age 15, the L.A. Times reported. When she began acting, she appeared on shows such as "Bewitched," and "The Magical World of Disney," before winning the role of Julie Barnes on "The Mod Squad." The 1968-1973 police drama series was groundbreaking because it was one of the first TV shows to acknowledge the counterculture and also featured an interracial cast, the Times noted. When Lipton married Quincy Jones, who is black, in 1974, she again found herself as something of a trailblazer. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP “I never saw myself as trend-setting,” Lipton told the L.A. Times in 1993. “We were always working. Fame really drove me into my house. I was very paranoid. I didn’t like going out. I had no idea how to be comfortable with the press. I was very young. It was really hard for me.” In recent years Lipton watched daughter Rashida Jones, 43, become a successful actress, with roles on series including "The Office." Daughter Kidada Jones, 45, is an actress, model and fashion designer.