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Tasked with replacing one of the most iconic characters of the '80s, Alley likely added a few years to the place where everybody knows your name.

Tasked with replacing one of the most iconic characters of the '80s, Alley likely added a few years to the place where everybody knows your name.

"Cheers" star and iconic Hollywood actress Kirstie Alley has died after a battle with colon cancer, her rep confirmed with PEOPLE. She was 71.

Kirstie Alley made her 'Cheers' debut in September 1987.

Alley also starred in ‘Look Who’s Talking’ and ‘Star Trek II.’

TOM LEONARD: Television viewers will chiefly remember Kirstie Alley as the hilariously neurotic and ambitious bar manager in Cheers, one of the most successful American sitcoms ever.

Tasked with replacing one of the most iconic characters of the '80s, Alley likely added a few years to the place where everybody knows your name.

Ted Danson said he was on a plane watching himself and Kirstie Alley on "Cheers" right before learning of her death.

Alley also starred in ‘Look Who’s Talking’ and ‘Star Trek II.’

Alley also starred in ‘Look Who’s Talking’ and ‘Star Trek II.’