Kirstie Alley, who won an Emmy for her role on B次元官网网址淐heersB次元官网网址� and starred in films including B次元官网网址淟ook WhoB次元官网网址檚 Talking,B次元官网网址� died Monday. She was 71.

Alley died of cancer that was only recently discovered, her children True and Lillie Parker said in a . AlleyB次元官网网址檚 manager Donovan Daughtry confirmed the death in an email to The Associated Press.

B次元官网网址淎s iconic as she was on screen, she was an even more amazing mother and grandmother,B次元官网网址� her childrenB次元官网网址檚 statement said.

She starred opposite Ted Danson as Rebecca Howe on B次元官网网址淐heers,B次元官网网址� 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.

Alley would win an Emmy for best lead actress in a comedy series for the role in 1991.

B次元官网网址淚 only thank God I didnB次元官网网址檛 have to wait as long as Ted,B次元官网网址� Alley said in her acceptance, gently ribbing her B次元官网网址淐heersB次元官网网址� co-star Ted Danson, who had finally won an Emmy for his role as Sam Malone in his eighth nomination the previous year.

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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 B次元官网网址淒avidB次元官网网址檚 Mother.B次元官网网址�

She had her own sitcom on the network, B次元官网网址淰eronicaB次元官网网址檚 Closet,B次元官网网址� from 1997 to 2000.

In the 1989 comedy B次元官网网址淟ook WhoB次元官网网址檚 Talking,B次元官网网址� which gave her a major career boost, she played the mother of a baby whoB次元官网网址檚 inner thoughts were voiced by Bruce Willis. She would also appear in a 1990 sequel B次元官网网址淟ook WhoB次元官网网址檚 Talking Too,B次元官网网址� and another in 1993, B次元官网网址淟ook WhoB次元官网网址檚 Talking Now.B次元官网网址�

John Travolta, her co-star in the trilogy, paid her tribute in an .

B次元官网网址淜irstie was one of the most special relationships IB次元官网网址檝e ever had,B次元官网网址� Travolta said, along with a photo of Alley. B次元官网网址淚 love you Kirstie. I know we will see each other again.B次元官网网址�

She would play a fictionalized version of herself in the 2005 Showtime series B次元官网网址淔at Actress,B次元官网网址� a show that drew comedy from her public and media treatment over her weight gain and loss.

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She dealt with the same subject matter in the 2010 A&E reality series B次元官网网址淜irstie AlleyB次元官网网址檚 Big Life,B次元官网网址� which chronicled her attempt to lose weight and launch a weight-loss program while working as a single mother in an unconventional household that included pet lemurs.

Alley said she agreed to do the show in part because of the misinformation about her that had become a tabloid staple.

B次元官网网址淎nything bad you can say about me, they say,B次元官网网址� Alley told the AP at the time. B次元官网网址淚B次元官网网址檝e never collapsed, fainted, passed out. Basically, anything theyB次元官网网址檝e said, I never. The only true thing is I got fat.B次元官网网址�

In recent years she appeared on several other reality shows, including a second-place finish on B次元官网网址淒ancing With the StarsB次元官网网址� in 2011. She appeared on the competition series B次元官网网址淭he Masked SingerB次元官网网址� wearing a baby mammoth costume earlier this year.

She appeared in the Ryan Murphy black comedy series B次元官网网址淪cream QueensB次元官网网址� on Fox in 2015 and 2016.

One of her co-stars on the show, Jamie Lee Curtis, said on Instagram Monday that Alley was B次元官网网址渁 great comic foilB次元官网网址� on the show and B次元官网网址渁 beautiful mama bear in her very real life.B次元官网网址�

AlleyB次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淐heersB次元官网网址� co-star Kelsey Grammar said in a statement that B次元官网网址淚 always believed grief for a public figure is a private matter, but I will say I loved her.B次元官网网址�

A native of Wichita, Kansas, Alley attended Kansas State University before dropping out and moving to Los Angeles.

Her first television appearances were as a game show contestant, on B次元官网网址淭he Match GameB次元官网网址� in 1979 and B次元官网网址淧asswordB次元官网网址� in 1980.

She made her film debut in 1982B次元官网网址檚 B次元官网网址淪tar Trek: The Wrath of Khan.B次元官网网址�

Alley was married to her high school sweetheart from 1970 to 1977, and to actor Parker Stevenson from 1983 until 1997.

She told the AP in 2010 if she married again, B次元官网网址淚B次元官网网址檇 leave the guy within 24 hours because IB次元官网网址檓 sure heB次元官网网址檇 tell me not to do something.B次元官网网址�

Andrew Dalton And Alicia Rancilio, The Associated Press

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