Kirstie Alley has died at 71 from cancer - NPR

Kirstie Alley attends the premiere of HBO's "Girls" connected Jan. 5, 2015, successful New York. Alley, a two-time Emmy victor who starred successful the 1980s sitcom "Cheers" and the deed movie "Look Who's Talking," has died. She was 71. Evan Agostini/Invision hide caption

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Kirstie Alley attends the premiere of HBO's "Girls" connected Jan. 5, 2015, successful New York. Alley, a two-time Emmy victor who starred successful the 1980s sitcom "Cheers" and the deed movie "Look Who's Talking," has died. She was 71.

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LOS ANGELES — Kirstie Alley, who won an Emmy for her relation connected "Cheers" and starred successful films including "Look Who's Talking," died Monday. She was 71.

Alley died of crab that was lone precocious discovered, her children True and Lillie Parker said successful a station connected Twitter. Alley's manager Donovan Daughtry confirmed the decease successful an email to The Associated Press.

"As iconic arsenic she was connected screen, she was an adjacent much astonishing parent and grandmother," her children's connection said.

She starred other Ted Danson arsenic Rebecca Howe connected "Cheers," the beloved NBC sitcom astir a Boston bar, from 1987 to 1993. She joined the amusement astatine the tallness of its popularity aft the departure of archetypal prima Shelley Long.

Alley would triumph an Emmy for champion pb histrion successful a drama bid for the relation successful 1991. She would instrumentality a 2nd Emmy for champion pb histrion successful a miniseries oregon tv movie successful 1993 for playing the rubric relation successful the CBS TV movie "David's Mother."

She had her ain sitcom connected the network, "Veronica's Closet," from 1997 to 2000.

In the 1989 drama "Look Who's Talking," which gave her a large vocation boost, she played the parent of a babe who's interior thoughts were voiced by Bruce Willis. She would besides look successful the 1990 sequel "Look Who's Talking Too."

Cast members of Cheers included John Ratzenberger, Rhea Perlman, George Wendt, Woody Harrelson, Kirstie Alley and Ted Danson. Alley's decease was announced Monday by her children connected societal media and confirmed by her manager. The station said their parent died of crab that was precocious diagnosed. Ira Mark Gostin/AP hide caption

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Cast members of Cheers included John Ratzenberger, Rhea Perlman, George Wendt, Woody Harrelson, Kirstie Alley and Ted Danson. Alley's decease was announced Monday by her children connected societal media and confirmed by her manager. The station said their parent died of crab that was precocious diagnosed.

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John Travolta, her co-star successful some films, paid her tribute successful an Instagram post.

"Kirstie was 1 of the astir peculiar relationships I've ever had," Travolta said, on with a photograph of Alley. "I emotion you Kirstie. I cognize we volition spot each different again."

She would play a fictionalized mentation of herself successful the 2005 Showtime bid "Fat Actress," a amusement that drew drama from her nationalist and media attraction implicit her value summation and loss.

And successful caller years she appeared connected respective world shows, including "Dancing With the Stars."

A autochthonal of Wichita, Kansas, Alley attended Kansas State University earlier dropping retired and moving to Los Angeles.

Her archetypal tv appearances were arsenic a crippled amusement contestant, connected "The Match Game" successful 1979 and Password" successful 1980.

She made her movie debut successful 1982's "Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan."