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Tributes have flooded in for Kirstie Alley, who died aged 71.

Cheers star Kirstie Alley dies from cancer at 71

John Travolta said his time with Alley was ‘one of the most special relationships’.

US ACTRESS KIRSTIE Alley has died from cancer at the age of 71, according to her family.

A statement posted on social media through her official accounts described her as a “incredible, fierce and loving mother”.

Alley debuted on the NBC sitcom Cheers in 1987 as Rebecca Howe, quickly becoming a fan favourite for her role opposite Ted Danson’s womanising bar owner Sam Malone.

Alley was surrounded by her closest family, the statement said.

“As iconic as she was on screen, she was an even more amazing mother and grandmother,” it read.

Tributes have rushed in from those who knew and loved the actress. 

John Travolta said his time with Alley represented “one of the most special relationships I’ve ever had” in an online tribute to the actress.

The pair starred together in the 1989 romantic comedy film Look Who’s Talking.

They reprised their roles for the film’s two sequels Look Who’s Talking Too (1990) and and Look Who’s Talking Now (1993),

Sharing a picture of the pair together on Instagram, Travolta wrote: “Kirstie was one of the most special relationships I’ve ever had.

“I love you Kirstie. I know we will see each other again.”

WhatsApp Image 2022-12-06 at 07.21.52 Alley shot to fame while starring in the NBC sitcom Cheers.

Living Colour founder and guitarist Vernon Reid said Alley had “defined relatable” with her onscreen performances.

The English-American musician tweeted: “A lot of us are bummed right now.

“I can feel it. Kirstie Alley defined ‘relatable’. Beautiful and funny is not easy to pull off.

“Kirstie Alley was part of a small pantheon of the fearless and shameless.She always told her truth on screen. In our TV rooms.

“She is missed. Realtime.”

Jamie Lee Curtis, who starred alongside Alley in comedy horror series Scream Queens, said the pair had a “mutual respect and connection”.

“I’ve just heard the sad news that Kirstie Alley has died,” the actress wrote, sharing a picture of them together.

“She was a great comic foil in Scream Queens and a beautiful mama bear in her very real life. She helped me buy onesies for my family that year for Christmas.

“We agreed to disagree about some things but had a mutual respect and connection. Sad news.”

Horror director John Carpenter described Alley as a “delightful actress”.

“Kirstie Alley was a delightful actress I had the pleasure to work with on VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED. She will be missed,” he wrote.

Alley starred in the 1995 US science fiction-horror film alongside Christopher Reeve, Linda Kozlowski, Michael Pare and Mark Hamill.

Another of her Cheers co-stars, Rhea Perlman, said she had “never met anyone remotely like” Alley, adding that she would miss her “very, very much”.

“Kirstie was a unique and wonderful person and friend. Her joy of being was boundless,” Perlman said in a statement provided to PA.

“We became friends almost instantly when she joined the cast of Cheers. She loved kids and my kids loved her too.

“We had sleepovers at her house, with treasure hunts that she created. She had massive Halloween and Easter parties, and invited the entire crew of the show, and their families. She wanted everyone to feel included. She loved her children deeply.

“I’ve never met anyone remotely like her. I feel so thankful to have known her. I’m going to miss her very, very much.”

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    Feb 28th 2018, 2:36 PM

    Very good work by the Gardai. But why haven’t the bankers been arrested for fraud. That fraud is well above a mere 750,000 euro.

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    Feb 28th 2018, 2:45 PM

    @Dave Doyle: Can’t happen, they have been shown to be above the law.

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    Feb 28th 2018, 3:20 PM

    @Dave Doyle: Well said, but unfortunately our politicians protected all involved in the crash/fraud of the Irish People with a small few scape goats, all protecting their own and as the saying goes “Money Talks and we all know the rest”

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    Feb 28th 2018, 4:13 PM

    @G Row: And too many friends in high places.

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    Feb 28th 2018, 8:03 PM

    @Fake Avast: if DoB or Michael Lowry avoid jail, jail is only for us mortals

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    Feb 28th 2018, 8:17 PM

    @Dave Doyle: white collar crime is legal in this country.

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    Mar 3rd 2018, 7:15 PM

    @Dave Doyle: Our prosecution teams aren’t joined up enough to present a case that will get a conviction for the bankers. We are just really bad at these types of crimes, it requires a cross-functional team of experts to present the case and join the dots.

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    Mar 3rd 2018, 7:16 PM

    @Lamb: also a lack of political will. Some of the whistle blowers were threatened with court.

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    Feb 28th 2018, 3:12 PM

    Were these lads in the Tarmac business I wonder

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    Feb 28th 2018, 3:35 PM

    @mcgoo:
    If you haven’t signed anything I wouldn’t worry…

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    Feb 28th 2018, 2:34 PM

    The word is thst they were passing tesco value loafd as brenanns sliced pan over the last couple of days.

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    Feb 28th 2018, 2:51 PM

    the more the guards can seize from these people the better &disrupt their operations the better because as we all know the judges won’t jail them, so seizures /interruption to criminal activity etc is pretty much the only penalty they’ll ever face

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    Feb 28th 2018, 2:45 PM

    Great job by Gardai!

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    Feb 28th 2018, 3:16 PM

    These scams usually generate income for cyber cafes in Lagos but now they cutting out the cafe owners and are coming here in person to exercise their thieving ways. I get several invitations every day from Nigeria to be ripped off or is someone moving in on the developed income generating of other gangs.

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    Mute Donal Desmond
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    Feb 28th 2018, 3:46 PM

    Fraud is is costing the state millions, in stating that, what bank headquarters were raided concerning the fraud perpetrated on the Irish people. The gangsterism of the banks who brought this country to it’s knees. The on going criminality concerning the tracker mortgage scandal, the selling of mortgages to vulture funds. The recent criminal cases against bankers collapsed because of shredded documents by the state and inadmissible evidence. The millions lost by fraud compared to the Billions stole by the banks…..yet they still have not being brought to account for their gangsterism.

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    Feb 28th 2018, 6:25 PM

    @Donal Desmond: Great post Donal. Truthful and absolutely accurate. Perhaps an Irish Water type series of protests might finally kick start a proper fraud investigation into everything included in your comment.

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    Mute Dave Walsh
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    Feb 28th 2018, 3:29 PM

    Definition of fraud in the dictionary; Banker.

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    Feb 28th 2018, 3:41 PM

    @Dave Walsh: What dictionary are you reading Dave?

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    Feb 28th 2018, 5:33 PM

    @Pat Bateman: obviously the one where the banks over charge mortgage holders,take their home’s and get away with it…

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    Feb 28th 2018, 9:05 PM

    @Pat Bateman: common sense one

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    Feb 28th 2018, 4:04 PM

    this is a sneaky but very simple idea.
    find out the suppliers of a business. email or ring up that business pretending to be the supplier and say that your bank account details have changed.
    when the business pays an invoice of that supplier next time it goes to the thief’s bank account.

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    Feb 28th 2018, 6:50 PM

    @Minom Pnnomm: ssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

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    Feb 28th 2018, 3:11 PM

    There’s a GNECB, wow who knew….

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    Feb 28th 2018, 7:29 PM

    Bloody animals.

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    Mar 1st 2018, 12:13 PM

    Yeah I agree what about the bankers that have caused people’s lives and homes and corrupt politicians… why ain’t their homes been investigated… I’ll tell you why… “corruption” brown envelopes….

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    Feb 28th 2018, 5:26 PM

    @Paul Linehan: ‘Gardai had’

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    Feb 28th 2018, 10:18 PM

    Dirty Animals !!

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