Emmy-winning ‘Cheers’ star Kirstie Alley dies at 71

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Kirstie Alley — who won an Emmy for her role on Cheers — and starred in films including Look Who’s Talking, died on Monday. She was 71.

Alley died of cancer that was only recently discovered, her children True and Lillie Parker said in a post on Twitter. Alley’s manager Donovan Daughtry confirmed the death in an email to The Associated Press.

“As iconic as she was on screen, she was an even more amazing mother and grandmother,” her children’s statement said.

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She starred opposite Ted Danson as Rebecca Howe on Cheers, the beloved NBC sitcom about a Boston bar, from 1987 to 1993. She joined the show at the height of its popularity after the departure of the original star, Shelley Long.