Beef and Star Trek: The Next Generation, has died aged 70.The news was shared by her manager, Kyle Fritz, on Tuesday (August 6).Yasutake died peacefully on August 5 in a Santa Monica hospital surrounded by friends and family after a long illness with cancer, her manager explained.
Yasutake had been suffering from a rare form of T-cell lymphoma.Fritz told Variety: “Patti was my first client when I began over 30 years ago.
We enjoyed every day we got to work together, and I will miss her spirit, talent and tenacity but most of all her friendship.”Born in Los Angeles on September 6 1953, Yasutake was raised in the areas of Gardena and Inglewood.
She later graduated UCLA with an honours degree in theatre.She began her acting career in 1985 in television, appearing on police drama T.
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