Kirstie Alley’s Ex Parker Stevenson Pays Tribute After Her Death

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Kirstie Alley’s ex Parker Stevenson—who was joined to her for 15 years earlier splitting successful 1997—shared a connection pursuing the actress' death, saying helium was "grateful" for their years together.

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Following quality of Kirstie Alley's death, Parker Stevenson paid tribute to his ex-wife, who helium was joined to for 15 years.

"Dear Kirstie, I americium truthful grateful for our years together," the actor—who shares kids True, 30, and Lillie, 27—wrote on Instagram Dec. 6, "and for the 2 incredibly beauteous children and present grandchildren that we have. "You volition beryllium missed. With love, Parker."

Along with the message, the histrion shared a throwback pic of the erstwhile mates attending the premiere of the movie Shoot to Kill in 1988.

Their children were the ones to announce the devastating news that their ma had died astatine the property of 71. Her rep aboriginal shared that Kirstie was battling colon cancer.

"She was surrounded by her closest household and fought with large strength, leaving america with a certainty of her never-ending joyousness of surviving and immoderate adventures prevarication ahead," her kids shared connected societal media. "As iconic arsenic she was connected screen, she was an adjacent much astonishing parent and grandmother."

Several of Kirstie's co-stars from implicit the years reflected connected their memories of the Emmy winner, including Cheers star Ted Danson, who said the prima had a "heart of gold."

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"I was connected a level contiguous and did thing I seldom do. I watched an aged occurrence of Cheers," he said successful a statement to E! News. "It was the occurrence where Tom Berenger proposes to Kirstie, who keeps saying no, adjacent though she desperately wants to accidental yes. Kirstie was genuinely superb successful it. Her quality to play a pistillate connected the verge of a tense breakdown was some moving and hysterically funny."

The actor continued, "She made maine laughter 30 years agone erstwhile she changeable that scene, and she made maine laughter contiguous conscionable arsenic hard. As I got disconnected the plane, I heard that Kirstie had died. I americium truthful bittersweet and truthful grateful for each the times she made maine laugh. I nonstop my emotion to her children. I volition miss her." 

For his part, John Travolta looked backmost connected their longstanding friendship. "Kirstie was 1 of the astir peculiar relationships I've ever had," her Look Who's Talking co-star said. "I emotion you Kirstie. I cognize we volition spot each different again." (Read much touching tributes here.)

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