Jessica Campbell Dies: ‘Election’ Actress Was 38
Jessica Campbell, the former actress who appeared in Freaks and Geeks, The Safety of Objects and, in her best known role as a vengeful student body candidate in the hit 1999 comedy Election, died unexpectedly Dec.
29 at the home of a relative in Portland, Oregon.
She was 38.Her death was announced by her cousin Sarah Wessling.
A cause has not been disclosed, but Campbell reportedly had experienced flu-like symptoms the morning of her death.Campbell, who had retired from acting to become a practitioner of naturopathic, or holistic, alternative medicine, began her acting career with a role in the 1992 TV movie In the Best Interest of the Children starring Sarah Jessica Parker.Her next project became her signature role: As Election‘s Tammy Metzler, Campbell played the sister of campus jock Paul (Chris Klein) who decides to run against her brother for student council after he starts dating her girlfriend.
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