# Jennifer Runyon (1960 - 2026) **URL:** \ **Category:** Ghostbusters News\ **Created:** [March 8, 2026, 10:22pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/jennifer-runyon-1960-2026/26702 "2026-03-08T22:22:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kingpin](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/kingpin/32/187259_2.png) [@kingpin](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/kingpin)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2026, 10:22pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/jennifer-runyon-1960-2026/26702/1 "2026-03-08T22:22:50Z")
![image](https://discdn.gbfans.com/original/3X/c/4/c478b88dfe95422edc6632f04b10065152f467b2.jpeg) We’re saddened to report the death of actress [Jennifer Runyon](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/people/jennifer-runyon), who is best known to _Ghostbusters_ fans as [Columbia University](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/locations/columbia-university) student Jennifer, whose Zenner card E.S.P. test scene helped introduce us to the character of Dr. [Peter Venkman](https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/characters/peter-venkman). Runyon’s death was announced by a member of her family via her Facebook profile, where they noted that the actress’s passing had come after: > [@](#): > > a long and arduous journey -implying a protracted health issue. Beyond Ghostbusters, Runyon had a lead role in the first season of sitcom _Charles in Charge_, as well as noted guest appearances in _Another World_, _Quantum Leap_ and _Murder, She Wrote_. More recently, Runyon took part in the filming of fan documentary _Cleaning Up The Town: Remembering Ghostbusters_, where she reflected on her brief but memorable role in the 1984 film. ---
**Author:** ![sp-productions](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/sp-productions/32/186112_2.png) [@sp-productions](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/sp-productions)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2026, 6:55pm UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/jennifer-runyon-1960-2026/26702/2 "2026-03-09T18:55:20Z")
Very sad… Now I consider myself to be a GB fan. I also consider myself to be a fairly big Quantum Leap fan. And yet, in all that time, I _\*never \*_recognized that Jennifer played Peggy Stratton, the wife of the main character in the first episode of Quantum Leap! Sean ---
**Author:** ![realgbvenkman](https://forum.gbfans.com/user_avatar/forum.gbfans.com/realgbvenkman/32/18842_2.png) [@realgbvenkman](https://forum.gbfans.com/u/realgbvenkman)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2026, 4:21am UTC](https://forum.gbfans.com/t/jennifer-runyon-1960-2026/26702/4 "2026-03-16T04:21:28Z")
Gone but not forgotten. Really enjoyed watching her interview in the documentary “Cleaning Up The Town” and reading the forward she wrote in the trade paper edition of Volume #8 of the IDW comics Ghostbusters series.