Overview
- The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner ruled that Jacqueline Falk, 60, died by suicide by hanging after she was found at her Los Angeles home on Monday.
- TMZ first reported the death on Wednesday, and subsequent coverage cited the medical examiner’s records in confirming the manner of death.
- Reports say it is not yet known whether she left a note, and an investigation into her death has been opened.
- Jacqueline was one of two daughters adopted by Peter Falk and his first wife, Alyce Mayo, after their 1960 marriage.
- Her sister Catherine’s 2009 conservatorship fight over their father’s care later inspired “Peter Falk’s law,” which several states enacted to protect adult children’s visitation and notification rights.