"She is deeply loved. We are overwhelmed with grief at her loss. "Liz was an inspiration to many and a legendary figure at the ABC, committing her life to public interest journalism. We are enormously proud of her work. Loading "Liz was also the most wonderful Mum and Granny, to us she will always be our best friend, confidant, storyteller, chef and with a mean forehand. "Liz has struggled in recent years with Parkinson’s Disease. She died peacefully in her sleep whilst on holiday in Greece with Martin by her side on 27 June 2018.

"We will provide information for those who wish to commemorate Liz’s life in the coming days. For now we would like to request some privacy as we deal with our devastating grief." Jackson, a multiple Walkley Award winner, was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2014. After keeping the diagnosis quiet for over 18 months she documented her life with the illness, working with her husband Martin Butler and good friend Bentley Dean on a film. The documentary, titled A Sense of Self, was shown to the public on Four Corners in late November of 2016 and garnered praise around the country. A statement from her long-time former employer, ABC, said her colleagues were "profoundly saddened by the death of Liz Jackson, our wonderful friend and colleague and one of Australia’s finest journalists."

ABC's managing director Michelle Guthrie said Jackson was "one of the greats" who inspired all those around her and whom the public "turned to with complete trust". At the time A Sense of Self was released, Jackson's health was declining rapidly, and she spoke candidly about the struggles she was beginning to face daily. "I have pain every day and I go through phases where it's worse," she told Fairfax Media. "Right now I'm going through a phase where my mouth fills up with saliva, which happens when you get Parkinson's. "It makes it difficult for me to breathe, and the most classic panic disease is believing that you can't breathe. That's what happens to me. I had one [attack] four days ago and I thought, 'I'm going to die before this project goes to air.' " Jackson received another Walkley for her work on the documentary.

Liz Jackson with her husband Martin Butler in November, 2016. Credit:Steven Siewert She said she didn't want sympathy from her audience but she wanted people to learn from it. "I want people to think it's a good film and a film that told them a lot and made them feel, to some extent, what it's like to have a life-threatening disease that comes out of the blue," she'd said of the piece. Jackson's Walkleys include awards for her coverage of the suicide of Aboriginal activist Rob Riley, the Northern Territory's mandatory sentencing laws, an investigation into the New South Wales Government Department of Community Services and cricket match fixing. Her story on match fixing also earned her a TV Week Logie Award, one of three she would win in her career.