{"id":10012,"date":"2025-12-21T01:00:43","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T01:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/?p=10012"},"modified":"2025-12-21T01:00:43","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T01:00:43","slug":"star-of-cheers-dies-at-71-after-short-battle-with-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/?p=10012","title":{"rendered":"Star of \u2018Cheers\u2019 Dies at 71 After Short Battle with Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kirstie Alley passed away on December 5, 2022, at age 71 following a brief battle with colon cancer, leaving behind a legacy of iconic performances across television and film. She rose to prominence with her film debut in <strong>Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan<\/strong> before becoming a household name as Rebecca Howe on <strong>Cheers<\/strong>, a role that earned her an Emmy and cemented her place in TV history. Alley later found major success in films like <strong>Look Who\u2019s Talking<\/strong> and returned to television stardom with <strong>Veronica\u2019s Closet<\/strong>, remembered for her sharp wit, emotional depth, and enduring impact on American entertainment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kirstie Alley Tribute \u2b50 Transformation From 14 To 71 Years Old\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lZG8wHqAmaE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kirstie Alley passed away on December 5, 2022, at age 71 following a brief battle with colon cancer, leaving behind a legacy of iconic performances across television and film. She rose to prominence with her film debut in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan before becoming a household name as Rebecca Howe on Cheers, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":10015,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10012\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}