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, 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>Award-winning actress Peggy Lipton has died at the age of 72, the L.A Times reported Saturday. Lipton rose to fame for her starring role as officer Julie Barnes on the hit television show The Mod Squad. Her portrayal of Barnes earned her multiple Golden Globe nominations and one win for Best TV Actress in a drama. She also played Norma Jennings in the cult-classic series Twin Peaks. Along with her own prominent career, Lipton was married to iconic music producer Quincy Jones from 1974 to 1990. This relationship bore the couple two children who are stars in their own right. Kidada Jones is a star model known and was the girlfriend of Tupac Shakur at the time of his death. Her sister, Rashida Jones, is a director and actress who had recurring roles on The Office and Parks and Recreation. They released a joint statement shortly after Lipton's death. According to Kidada and Rashida Jones, Lipton "made her journey peacefully with her daughters and nieces by her side." It goes on to say that Lipton lost her long-standing battle with cancer, which first made headlines in 2004. "Peggy was, and will always be our beacon of light, both in this world and beyond," the family's statement reads. "She will always be a part of us."<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. RELATED CONTENT: 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