Ted Danson, Kelsey Grammer and Rhea Perlman have led tributes to their Cheers co-star Kirstie Alley who died age 71, following a short battle with cancer.
Danson, 74, played womanising bar owner Sam Malone in the classic NBC sitcom, with the character endlessly attempting to seduce Alley’s character Rebecca Howe.
In a statement shared with the entertainment news website Deadline, he said: “I am so sad and so grateful for all the times she made me laugh. I send my love to her children. As they well know, their mother had a heart of gold. I will miss her.”
Grammer, 67, who played psychiatrist Frasier Crane, said in a statement provided to the PA news agency: “I always believed grief for a public figure is a private matter, but I will say I loved her.”
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Kirstie Alley poses with fellow Cheers cast members
In a similar statement, Perlman, who played head-waitress Carla Tortelli on the show described Alley as a “unique and wonderful person and…
