December 6, 2022 – Kirstie Alley

There was another shocking celebrity death last night – Kirstie Alley died from colon cancer at the age of 71. She moved from Kansas to Los Angeles, making her first television appearance as a contestant on Match Game in 1979. She won $500 in the first round and $5500 in the second! Her film debut came in 1982 in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, playing Lieutenant Saavik. She got her big break in 1987 when she joined the cast of Cheers to replace Shelley Long. She was on the show for 6 years, until its last season. She won an Emmy for her work on Cheers in 1991.  She also starred with John Travolta in the hit movie Look Who’s Talking and both sequels. More recently, she was all over reality TV, competing on Dancing with the StarsCelebrity Big Brother, and just this year she was on The Masked Singer. Learn more here.
 

 

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