--- description: A heart ailment is suspected in Goldberg’s death title: '7th Heaven' Actress Sarah Goldberg Dies image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _7th Heaven_ Actress Sarah Goldberg Dies in Her Sleep at 40 by [Elizabeth Barber](/author/elizabeth-barber/) ## Elizabeth Barber Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 8, 2014 6:41 AM CUT by [Elizabeth Barber](/author/elizabeth-barber/) ## Elizabeth Barber Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 8, 2014 6:41 AM CUT Sarah Goldberg, who appeared in the television series _7th Heaven_, died on Sept. 27 of natural causes, the Chicago _Sun-Times_ reports. She was 40. “She went to sleep and didn’t wake up,” her mother told the _Sun-Times_. The Chicago-born Goldberg played _7th Heaven_’s Sarah Glass Camden from 2002 to 2006\. Her character was a rabbi’s daughter whose interreligious marriage to character Matt Camden, the son of the Rev. Eric Camden (Stephen Collins), was a favorite plot line among fans. The _Sun-Times_ says a heart ailment is suspected in Goldberg’s death. Goldberg also had roles in the TV shows _House_ and _Judging Amy_, as well as in the movie _Jurassic Park III_. \[[_Chicago Sun-Times_](http://www.suntimes.com/news/obituaries/30302633-418/sarah-goldberg-chicago-born-actress-dies-at-40.html#.VDTUJiQ4RHM "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3480094/7th-heaven-star-sarah-goldberg-dies-sleep-40/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3480094/7th-heaven-star-sarah-goldberg-dies-sleep-40/"},"headline":"7th Heaven Actress Sarah Goldberg Dies in Her Sleep at 40","datePublished":"2014-10-08T06:41:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:38:55.824Z","description":"A heart ailment is suspected in her death","url":"https://time.com/3480094/7th-heaven-star-sarah-goldberg-dies-sleep-40/","keywords":["celebrities","Television","actresses","obituaries"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Elizabeth Barber","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/elizabeth-barber/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3480094/7th-heaven-star-sarah-goldberg-dies-sleep-40/","name":"7th Heaven Actress Sarah Goldberg Dies in Her Sleep at 40"}}]}] ```