Jill Gascoine has died.

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She had been suffering from Alzheimers for a decade.

When i was a little girl i remember watching The Gentle Touch ...........the first police drama with a woman in the leading role.

RIP Jill

www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-52471574

Oh thats sad. I think we're probably around the same age Helena as I loved that show.

The Gentle Touch was great. How sad. RIP.

Poor lady. She was a wodnerful actress.

That’s very sad
I remember watching reruns of cats EYES.

Oh no I didn’t know she was Ill. So sad she was a brilliant actress.

Her son has written "Today was a thankful release. The family is all well, and relieved that she’s not suffering any more. She was a wonderful human and a spirit of truth and absolute, unconditional love. There was no other. I am happy she’s moved on. Please raise a glass. Be kind and love deeply!”

It's always sad to lose great talent 🌷such a shame she's been ill for a decade too.

She was definitely a string female lead in her day,when they were very thin on the ground!

RIP 💐

Sad. I thought she was great, loved CATS eyes.

She was so striking, beautiful. Very sad.

I remember watching the Gentle Touch as a young teen and thinking how beautiful she was. Didn't realise she was that age now. I thought she was much younger. RIP.

Dartmoor she would have been in her early forties when she did Gentle Touch. She looked nowhere near it Talking Pictures TV reran it a while ago.

Saw this tweet from someone earlier

"Maggie Forbes walked so Jill Tennyson could run"

I too remember watching The Gentle Touch as a lass.

I think her son has said it beautifully.

RIP.

And so does that tweet.

How very sad. I remember her in The Gentle Touch. I would have been in my late teens (I think) when it was on TV.

Wonderful message from her son. I love the Gentle Touch too.

I remember her in The Gentle Touch, I must have been early to mid teens. We used to watch it as a family.

Alzheimers is awful, I am glad her family are at peace with her passing.

I was just thinking of her a few days ago.

My mum knew her well many years ago and it was one of those days when thinking of one person leads you to thinking of someone else.

What beautiful words from her son.

RIP Jill.

RIP Jill. I had no idea about the Alzheimers. Very, very sad.

I remember The Gentle Touch from childhood too - she went undercover at one point and was described as "a pocket Venus" - the description always stuck with me and was completely true.

I too remember Jill in The Gentle Touch. She was a wonderful actress and very beautiful.

Alfred Molina is only 66, she was 83. I liked her too but didn’t know they were married, just looked it up.

Loved her as an actress and she was stunning too. They seemed such a devoted couple, these few years must have been so difficult for them.

Aw I loved her.

Loved her in The Gentle Touch. Always thought that she was stunning and a wonderful actress

RIP yy she was a wonderful actor also remember The gentle touch & Cats eyes, I didn’t realise she had been so ill lovely tribute from her son.

Just seen this news, have such fond memories of watching her in The gentle touch and C.A.T.S. Eyes

So rare to have a female centred drama at that time.

"Maggie Forbes walked so Jill Tennyson could run"

Love that, so true.

She seemed a genuinely lovely lady

RIP Jill