Oscar Nominated Actress Jill Clayburgh Dies of Leukemia at 66

Oscar nominated actress who rose to stardom on the heels of the women’s liberation movement, Jill Clayburgh, 66, who had chronic lymphocytic leukemia for 21 years, died of the disease at her home in Lakeville, Conn. Friday. Nominated for her role as a divorced woman carving out her own identity after finding herself suddenly single when her husband leaves her for a younger woman in Paul Mazursky’s 1978 film An Unmarried Woman, Clayburgh was a veritable seventies movie darling with roles in the football flick Semi-Tough, the Gene Wilder / Richard Pryor vehicle Silver Streak and Starting Over. Her first breakout role came in 1969 in Brian De Palma’s The Wedding Party, with Robert DeNiro.

Tracy E. Gilchrist
Tracy E. Gilchrist is the VP, Executive Producer of Entertainment for the Advocate Channel. A media veteran, she writes about the intersections of LGBTQ+ equality and pop culture. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of The Advocate and the first feminism editor for the 55-year-old brand. In 2017, she launched the company's first podcast, The Advocates. She is an experienced broadcast interviewer, panel moderator, and public speaker who has delivered her talk, "Pandora's Box to Pose: Game-changing Visibility in Film and TV," at universities throughout the country.
Tracy E. Gilchrist is the VP, Executive Producer of Entertainment for the Advocate Channel. A media veteran, she writes about the intersections of LGBTQ+ equality and pop culture. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of The Advocate and the first feminism editor for the 55-year-old brand. In 2017, she launched the company's first podcast, The Advocates. She is an experienced broadcast interviewer, panel moderator, and public speaker who has delivered her talk, "Pandora's Box to Pose: Game-changing Visibility in Film and TV," at universities throughout the country.