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'Cheers' co-stars toast Kirstie Alley: 'Grateful for all the times she made me laugh'

Kirstie Alley's TV family from "Cheers" and her real-life family are raising their glasses to the late actor. Alley, who died of cancer at age 71, co-starred alongside Ted Danson, Kelsey Grammer and Rhea Perlman, who each fondly remembered her and her breakout role as bar manager Rebecca Howe in NBC's 1980s and '90s sitcom. She won Emmy and Golden Globe awards for the part, which came along in ...
Kirstie Alley, left, and Ted Danson in "Cheers."

Kirstie Alley's TV family from "Cheers" and her real-life family are raising their glasses to the late actor.

Alley, who died of cancer at age 71, co-starred alongside Ted Danson, Kelsey Grammer and Rhea Perlman, who each fondly remembered her and her breakout role as bar manager Rebecca Howe in NBC's 1980s and '90s sitcom. She won Emmy and Golden Globe awards for the

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