Kirstie Alley died after brief battle with colon cancer trends now
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Kirstie Alley died yesterday after a brief battle with colon cancer, her representatives have revealed.
The 71-year-old's family announced yesterday that she had died after a brief battle with the disease that she only 'recently discovered'.
Her representatives on Tuesday told People that she had colon cancer - which is known as a 'silent killer', because symptoms often take longer to present themselves than in other types of the disease.
Final photo on September 8th: Kirstie Alley's family and representatives have confirmed she died of colon cancer
In a statement on social media, her family said: 'She was surrounded by her closest family and fought with great strength, leaving us with a certainty of her