DAYS: Guest star Lisa Robin Kelly (Jill Stevens, 1996) passes away at 43

[JAS0N47]

IN LOVING MEMORY

LISA ROBIN KELLY

MARCH 5, 1970-AUGUST 14, 2013

Jill Stevens, 1996

Lisa Robin Kelly, who played Jill Stevens for 26 episodes on "Days of Our Lives" in 1996, has passed away at the age of 43. In the storyline, Jill was a woman hired by Franco Kelly in the hopes of breaking up Bo and Hope Brady. After leaving "Days", Kelly went on to greater fame on the FOX sitcom "That '70s Show" as Laurie Forman, sister of Topher Grace's lead character Eric. Kelly was born on March 5, 1970 in Southington, Connecticut.

Her manager, Craig Wyckoff, says Kelly died Wednesday at a Los Angeles addiction treatment facility she had entered early this week. No official cause of death was disclosed. Unlike some of her co-stars — Topher Grace, Ashton Kutcher and Laura Prepon — Kelly fell out of the spotlight after appearing on the sitcom until she started making headlines for personal troubles.

She was arrested in November along with husband Robert Joseph Gilliam in connection with a disturbance at their home in Mooresville, North Carolina. In June, she was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving after her car stalled in Burbank, California.

[cassadine1991]

Another person gone too soon.

[DramatistDreamer]

I barely watched That 70s show but I will always be saddened when someone loses their battle with an illness.

[Nate4]

No clue she was on DAYS! TFP!

[JAS0N47]

In memory of Lisa Robin Kelly, here's her debut scenes as Jill Stevens from July 12, 1996: (Please fast forward to the 24:31 mark)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msoHkQSKiOI&t=1471

[DRW50]

I remember reading a lot about the Jill character, but had no idea Lisa Robin Kelly had played her. Wow.

[Gray Bunny]

I totally remember her as Jill. They later recast the role with that one chick who subbed as Victoria on Y&R in 1997 and was on Port Charles. Name escapes me.

Never watched That 70's Show.

[cassadine1991]

Sarah Aldrich (sp)

[Gray Bunny]

thank you. I'm usually so much better with my random soap knowledge