British actress Lisa Maxwell’s daughter, 27, dies unexpectedly while studying at NYC’s Columbia University after making early fortune with Chinese naming business

Beau Jessup, the 27-year-old daughter of British actress and television presenter Lisa Maxwell, has died unexpectedly while studying journalism at Columbia University in New York. The university confirmed her death but gave no details about when or where it happened, or its cause.

Jessup was enrolled in Columbia Journalism School’s master’s programme and had been pictured as part of the Class of 2027, with graduation expected next May. Before moving to the United States, she studied at the London School of Economics and the University of Cambridge; aged 16, she earned £48,000 from a business that helped name more than 250,000 Chinese children. The school remembered her as a cherished member of its community.