Kristie Alley made her acting debut in the popular NBC sitcom Cheers as Rebecca Howe.

In NBC’s “must-see TV” schedule on most Thursday nights from the late 1980s through the early 1990s, Alley could be seen on Cheers.

One of the most famous characters in the annals of early comedy history was played by her as a cool-girl-turned-neurotic bartender who fell in and out of love with numerous bar clients, Boston billionaires, and the bar’s manager, Sam.

In 1991, she won a Golden Globe and an Emmy for her work on Cheers.

Kirstie Alley cause of death: What did Kirstie Alley die of?

According to her family, Kirstie Alley had recently been diagnosed with cancer, which is why she passed away from it. Age 71 at the time of Alley’s passing.

The Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida, is where she was receiving medical care when she passed away.

Putting the following statement on Alley’s Instagram, her kids, True and Lillie Parker, said:

Both the Emmy and the Golden Globe were given to her in 1991 for her work on Cheers.