10 things you need to know today: December 6, 2022 – The Week

Kirstie Alley, who starred in Cheers, Veronica’s Closet, Look Who’s Talking, and Drop Dead Gorgeous, died Monday of cancer, her children announced. She was 71. Alley joined Cheers, portraying bar manager Rebecca Howe, in 1987 at the height of the NBC sitcom’s popularity. She stayed through the final episode in 1993, winning an Emmy for best lead actress in a comedy series in 1991. She won a second Emmy, for best lead actress in a miniseries, two years later for the title role in the CBS TV movie David’s Mother. “As iconic as she was on screen, she was an even more amazing mother and grandmother,” her children said in a statement.