Kirstie Alley, 'Cheers' and 'Veronica's Closet' star, dead at 71 - CNN

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Actress Kirstie Alley has died aft a little conflict with cancer, her children True and Lillie Parker announced connected her social media.

She was 71.

“We are bittersweet to pass you that our incredible, fierce and loving parent has passed distant aft a conflict with cancer, lone precocious discovered,” the connection read.

“She was surrounded by her closest household and fought with large strength, leaving america with a certainty of her never-ending joyousness of surviving and immoderate adventures prevarication ahead,” the family’s connection continued. “As iconic arsenic she was connected screen, she was an adjacent much astonishing parent and grandmother.”

“Our mother’s zest and passionateness for life, her children, grandchildren and her galore animals, not to notation her eternal joyousness of creating, were unparalleled and permission america inspired to unrecorded beingness to the fullest conscionable arsenic she did,” the connection said.

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Donovan Daughtry, a typical for Alley, besides confirmed to CNN via email that the histrion has died.

A two-time Primetime Emmy Award winner, Alley was the pb other Ted Danson successful the second portion of TV classical sitcom “Cheers,” which premiered successful 1982. Alley archetypal appeared successful 1987, playing beardown and autarkic barroom manager Rebecca Howe, staying connected with the amusement until it ended successful 1993.

She again recovered TV occurrence successful the precocious ’90s with “Veronica’s Closet,” which scored her different Emmy nod.

A talented comedic histrion who besides courted contention done world tv and connected societal media, Alley starred successful a fig of memorable films, including 1990’s “Madhouse” and 1982’s “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.”

John Travolta, who costarred with Alley successful 1989’s “Look Who’s Talking” arsenic good arsenic the sequel successful 1992, wrote connected Instagram, “Kirstie was 1 of the astir peculiar relationships I’ve ever had. I emotion you Kirstie. I cognize we volition spot each different again.”

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