“I was on a plane today and did something I rarely do. I watched an old episode of Cheers,” Danson who played Sam Malone, said in a statement to Deadline. “It was the episode where Tom Berenger proposes to Kirstie, who keeps saying no, even though she desperately wants to say yes. Kirstie was truly brilliant in it. Her ability to play a woman on the verge of a nervous breakdown was both moving and hysterically funny. She made me laugh 30 years ago when she shot that scene, and she made me laugh today just as hard. As I got off the plane, I heard that Kirstie had died. I am so sad and so grateful for all the times she made me laugh. I send my love to her children. As they well know, their mother had a heart of gold. I will miss her.”
Wow, Ted Danson not being a jerk. Good on him.
This is really touching.
I really feel bad she is gone. She was ‘one of us’. You had the impression there was no ego there, even though she was beautiful and famous. She really made you laugh and wow, what a head of beautiful hair.
I loved her in ‘A bunny’s tale’.
Nice story. Thank you. RIP, Kirstie...
Wow, I was on a plane (United) yesterday and watched that same episode. It was hilarious. I hadn't seen an episode of Cheers in twenty years, but for some reason was drawn to that one. After returning home, I learned she had died.