New Details Emerge About Kirstie Alley’s Final Days

TODAY ARE REMEMBERING HER FONDLY. >> HI, REBECCA. >> OH, SORRY, SAM. >> Reporter: HOLLYWOOD CELEBRATING AN EXTRAORDINARY COMEDIC TALENT AS DETAILS EMERGE ABOUT TWO-TIME EMMY WINNER KIRSTIE ALLEY'S FINAL DAYS. HER MANAGER CONFIRMING SHE PASSED AWAY FROM COLON CANCER. THIS AFTER HER TWO CHILDREN THANKED HER INCREDIBLE TEAM OF DOCTORS AND NURSES AT THE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER FOR THEIR CARE. WHEN THEY ANNOUNCED THEIR MOTHER'S PASSING ON INSTAGRAM, THE RENOWNED MEDICAL FACILITY IN TAMPA NEAR THE 71-YEAR-OLD'S CLEARWATER HOME. COLON CANCER IS THE FOURTH MOST COMMON CANCER IN THE U.S. WITH ROUGHLY 151,000 CASES DIAGNOSED THIS YEAR. NEARLY 90% OF THE PATIENTS ARE AGED 50 AND OLDER. >> SUDDENLY THIS HULKING FIREMAN WAS STANDING OVER ME. IT WAS MAGNIFICENT. >> Reporter: SINCE HER PASSING MONDAY, FANS ARE REMEMBERING DOZENS OF MEMORABLE ON-SCREEN ROLES SHE BROUGHT TO LIFE, INCLUDING HER ICONIC NBC SITCOM "CHEERS." >> I AM USUALLY NOT SINCERE. >> Reporter: IN HER "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE" HOSTING DEBUT IN 1991 -- >> IT'S WONDERFUL. I AM A LITTLE HOME SICK FOR MY OWN TV FAMILY. >> Reporter: ALLEY BRINGING HER "CHEERS" CASTMATES ALONG FOR THE RIDE. >> THESE ARE THE BEST FRIENDS ANYBODY COULD EVER HAVE. >> Reporter: HEARTBROKEN COLLEAGUES AND FRIENDS ARE REMEMBERING THE PERSON AND THE PERFORMER THEY ADMIRED. >> MAY I SPEAK WITH YOU FOR A MOMENT, PLEASE? >> CAN IT WAIT? >> I DON'T THINK SO. >> Reporter: RHEA PERLMAN, WHO PLAYED HEAD WAITRESS CARLA WRITING IN PART, KIRSTIE WAS A UNIQUE AND WONDERFUL PERSON AND FRIEND. HER JOY OF BEING WAS BOUNDLESS. WE BECAME FRIENDS INSTANTLY WHEN SHE JOINED THE CAST OF "CHEERS." JAMIE LEE CURTIS, WHO WORKED WITH ALLEY ON "SCREAM QUEENS," REMEMBERING HER AS A BEAUTIFUL MAMA BEAR IN HER VERY REAL LIFE. AND ACTRESS STEVE GUTTENBERG, WHO SHARED THE SCREEN WITH ALLEY IN IT TAKES TOO, EVERY DAY SHE AMAZED ME WITH HER GENEROSITY OF THE TANGIBLE AND WITH HER SOULFULNESS. THE WORLD IS A BIT EMPTY WITHOUT KIRSTIE. AND THIS MORNING KIRSTIE ALLEY'S SECOND HUSBAND, ACTOR PARKER STEVENSON, ALSO PAYING TRIBUTE WRITING, I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR OUR YEARS TOGETHER AND FOR THE TWO INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN AND NOW GRANDCHILDREN THAT WE HAVE. YOU WILL BE MISSED. AS FOR THE DISEASE THAT APPEARS TO HAVE TAKEN ALLEY'S LIFE, DOCTORS RECOMMEND EVERYONE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 45 AND 75 GET COLORECTAL SCREENING. >> AND LOVE TO HER FAMILY. I AM GETTING SO MANY MESSAGES THIS MORNING FROM PEOPLE IN MY HOMETOWN IN WICHITA, KANSAS. SHE WAS FROM WICHITA. WHEN YOU COME FROM A SMALLER CITY, YOU DON'T KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO MAKE IT SO TO

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Length: 3min 26sec (206 seconds)

Published: Wed Dec 07 2022