India, April 30 -- On Wednesday, tragic news came from the family of late actor Peter Falk of the NBC/ABC series Columbo. TMZ reported that the actor's eldest daughter, Jacqueline Falk, has died by suicide on Monday. The report notes that Jacqueline hanged herself at her Los Angeles home. She was 60.

This has sparked a massive interest in the family of Peter Falk. He and his wife, Alyce Mayo, adopted two daughters shortly after marriage: Jacqueline and Catherine. In this article, we will look at all that is known about the family of Peter Falk.

Peter Falk and Alyce Mayo got married in 1960 while he was still at Syracuse University. The couple adopted Catherine around 1965 and Jacqueline around 1970. However, Mayo and Falk divorced in 19...