Ted Danson Honors “Brilliant” Cheers Co-Star Kirstie Alley

For breakout role as Rebecca Howe in Cheers, Alley won both an Emmy and Golden Globe Award. She also went on star in a number of hit movies including Look Who’s Talking, It Takes Two and Drop Dead Gorgeous.
 
The actress’ children, True, 30, and Lillie, 28, shared news of their mom’s passing, noting that their family has now been left with “a certainty of her never-ending joy.”
 
“As iconic as she was on screen,” her children wrote in a Dec. 5 statement, “she was an even more amazing mother and grandmother.”