{"id":149338,"date":"2022-12-06T03:13:59","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T03:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/kirstie-alley-has-died-at-71-from-cancer-npr\/"},"modified":"2022-12-06T03:13:59","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T03:13:59","slug":"kirstie-alley-has-died-at-71-from-cancer-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/kirstie-alley-has-died-at-71-from-cancer-npr\/","title":{"rendered":"Kirstie Alley has died at 71 from cancer : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kirstie Alley attends the premiere of HBO’s “Girls” on Jan. 5, 2015, in New York. Alley, a two-time Emmy winner who starred in the 1980s sitcom “Cheers” and the hit movie “Look Who’s Talking,” has died. She was 71.
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Kirstie Alley attends the premiere of HBO’s “Girls” on Jan. 5, 2015, in New York. Alley, a two-time Emmy winner who starred in the 1980s sitcom “Cheers” and the hit movie “Look Who’s Talking,” has died. She was 71.<\/p>\n

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LOS ANGELES \u2014 Kirstie Alley, who won an Emmy for her role on “Cheers” and starred in films including “Look Who’s Talking,” died Monday. She was 71.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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

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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 original star Shelley Long.<\/p>\n

Alley would win an Emmy for best lead actress in a comedy series for the role in 1991. She would take a second Emmy for best lead actress in a miniseries or television movie in 1993 for playing the title role in the CBS TV movie “David’s Mother “<\/p>\n

She had her own sitcom on the network, “Veronica’s Closet,” from 1997 to 2000.<\/p>\n