Loose Women took time during Friday's show (November 13) to honour former panellist Lisa Maxwell after her daughter, Beau Jessup, died suddenly at the age of 27.
Presenter Kaye Adams addressed viewers on the ITV programme, saying: "Now, you may have already seen the devastating news about our former Loose Women, Lisa Maxwell, today. Lisa's daughter Beau has died suddenly at the age of 27."
Panel Sends Love to Family
Adams continued: "Beau was Lisa's only child and had been studying in New York. There's nothing to say. The feeling of sadness is just overwhelming. We are sending all of our love to Lisa, her husband Paul, and all of their family and friends."
The circumstances surrounding Beau's death have not yet been revealed.
University Pays Tribute
Beau's academic institution also paid tribute to the aspiring journalist. In an official statement, Columbia Journalism School said: "Columbia Journalism School mourns the loss of Beau Jessup, a student in our M.S. program. We extend our deepest condolences to her family, friends, classmates and all who knew and loved her."
Before her passing, the 27-year-old had spoken candidly about her mother's television career in an interview with her university newspaper, as reported by the Daily Star.
Remembering Beau
She had said: "As the daughter of a television actress, I grew up with an unusual awareness of the distance between people's lives and the stories told about them."
She added: "I saw how journalism could illuminate someone's experiences, but also how those experiences could be distorted, simplified, or transformed into a public narrative over which the subject had very little control."
Lisa Maxwell is best known for playing Samantha Nixon in The Bill before joining the Loose Women panel in 2009, where she remained for five years until her departure in 2014. Beau's family has yet to issue a statement regarding her death.
