--- description: Jill Messick, a veteran film producer, studio executive, and onetime manager of Rose McGowan, died by suicide Wednesday in Los Angeles. title: Rose McGowan's Former Manager, Jill Messick, Commits Suicide image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt81cb4b880ba59a9b/698926d597cdfffd9b6b43cd/gettyimages-75768161.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Jill Messick, Producer and Former Manager of Rose McGowan, Dies by Suicide by [Oliver Gottell / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Oliver Gottell / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 9, 2018 12:31 AM CUT  LOS ANGELES - JULY 26: Exec. Prod. Jill Messick and Paramount's Brad Grey pose at the premiere of Paramount Picture's "Hot Rod" at the Chinese Theater on July 26, 2007 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images) LOS ANGELES - JULY 26: Exec. Prod. Jill Messick and Paramount's Brad Grey pose at the premiere of Paramount Picture's "Hot Rod" at the Chinese Theater on July 26, 2007 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)Kevin Winter—Getty Images by [Oliver Gottell / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Oliver Gottell / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 9, 2018 12:31 AM CUT Jill Messick, a veteran film producer, studio executive, and onetime manager of Rose McGowan, died by suicide Wednesday in Los Angeles. She was 50\. Messick’s family confirmed the news to the [_Hollywood Reporter_](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jill-messick-dead-producer-rose-mcgowan-manager-was-50-1083161 "undefined"), and said she had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and battled depression for years. In [a lengthy statement](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jill-messicks-family-issues-blistering-statement-harvey-weinstein-rose-mcgowan-1083173 "undefined") to _THR_, Messick’s family also said she became “collateral damage” in Hollywood’s current reckoning with sexual abuse. Messick was McGowan’s manager in January 1997, when [the actress alleges](http://ew.com/movies/2017/10/12/rose-mcgowan-weinstein-rape-amazon/ "undefined") she was raped by Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced mogul who has been [accused of sexual misconduct](http://ew.com/movies/women-accused-harvey-weinstein-sexual-misconduct "undefined") by dozens of women. (Weinstein has denied all allegations of non-consensual sex.) Last month Weinstein’s attorney, Ben Brafman, [quoted old emails](http://ew.com/movies/2018/01/30/harvey-weinstein-ben-affleck-rose-mcgowan-assault-claims/ "undefined")attributed to Messick and Ben Affleck in order to defend his client. The statement from Messick’s family sharply criticized Weinstein, McGowan, and the news media. “Jill was victimized by our new culture of unlimited information sharing and a willingness to accept statement as fact,” the statement said. “The speed of disseminating information has carried mistruths about Jill as a person, which she was unable and unwilling to challenge. She became collateral damage in an already horrific story.” EW could not immediately reach the Messick family. As an executive, Messick worked at the Weinstein-run independent studio Miramax from 1997 to 2003, and also at Lorne Michaels Productions, based at Paramount Pictures. Her producing credits included _She’s All That_, _Frida_, _Mean Girls_, and _Masterminds_. _This article originally appeared on EW.com_ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5140838/jill-messick-dead-suicide/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5140838/jill-messick-dead-suicide/"},"headline":"Jill Messick, Producer and Former Manager of Rose McGowan, Dies by Suicide","datePublished":"2018-02-09T00:31:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T19:12:48.522Z","description":"The veteran film producer and studio executive was 50 years old","url":"https://time.com/5140838/jill-messick-dead-suicide/","keywords":["entertainment","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt81cb4b880ba59a9b/698926d597cdfffd9b6b43cd/gettyimages-75768161.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Oliver Gottell / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt81cb4b880ba59a9b/698926d597cdfffd9b6b43cd/gettyimages-75768161.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Premiere of Paramount Picture's \"Hot Rod\" - Arrivals","caption":"Premiere of Paramount Picture's \"Hot Rod\" - Arrivals","creditText":"Kevin Winter—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"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":"https://time.com/5140838/jill-messick-dead-suicide/","name":"Jill Messick, Producer and Former Manager of Rose McGowan, Dies by Suicide"}}]}] ```