Kirstie Alley's Cheers co-star Shelley Long appears downcast as she's seen for ... trends now

Kirstie Alley's Cheers co-star Shelley Long appears downcast as she's seen for ... trends now
Kirstie Alley's Cheers co-star Shelley Long appears downcast as she's seen for ... trends now

Kirstie Alley's Cheers co-star Shelley Long appears downcast as she's seen for ... trends now

Shelley Long looked downcast as she was seen walking her dog after Cheers co-star Kirstie Alley died this week of colon cancer. 

DailyMail.com spotted the reclusive actress, 73, with her small pup at a park in Los Angeles on Tuesday. 

The 1980s TV icon, who keeps a very low profile these days, stepped out near her home dressed down in sweatpants, sneakers, and kept her hands tucked in the pockets of her brown wool coat. 

Kirstie, 71, came onto the Cheers scene to replace Shelley as leading lady at the start of season six, playing tough business woman Rebecca Howe. 

The late actress earned an Emmy Award and Golden Globe for her role in 1991.

DailyMail.com spotted Cheers actress Shelley Long walking her dog at a park in Los Angeles on Tuesday

DailyMail.com spotted Cheers actress Shelley Long walking her dog at a park in Los Angeles on Tuesday

Kirstie, 71, came onto the Cheers scene to replace Shelley as leading lady in the start of season six, playing tough business woman Rebecca Howe

Kirstie, 71, came onto the Cheers scene to replace Shelley as leading lady in the start of season six, playing tough business woman Rebecca Howe

The 1980s TV icon, who keeps a very low profile these days, stepped out near her home dressed down in sweatpants, sneakers, and kept her hands tucked in the pockets of her brown wool coat

The 1980s TV icon, who keeps a very low profile these days, stepped out near her home dressed down in sweatpants, sneakers, and kept her hands tucked in the pockets of her brown wool coat

The 1980s TV icon, who keeps a very low profile these days, stepped out near her home dressed down in sweatpants, sneakers, and kept her hands tucked in the pockets of her brown wool coat

Shelley found fame in the 1980s sitcom but has also appeared in a string of other hit shows and movies including The Money Pit, Troop Beverly Hills, Hello Again and The Brady Bunch Movie

Shelley found fame in the 1980s sitcom but has also appeared in a string of other hit shows and movies including The Money Pit, Troop Beverly Hills, Hello Again and The Brady Bunch Movie

Shelley, who has been divorced twice and is a mother of one, has lived in a $1.3 million condo in the upscale West Los Angeles enclave of Pacific Palisades, California, since divorcing her second husband Bruce Tyson in 2004

Shelley, who has been divorced twice and is a mother of one, has lived in a $1.3 million condo in the upscale West Los Angeles enclave of Pacific Palisades, California, since divorcing her second husband Bruce Tyson in 2004

Kirstie told PEOPLE in an interview that when she arrived on set to take over for Shelley, who played intellectual barmaid Diane Chambers, she dressed just like her. 

'I wanted to break the ice and get off to a fresh start,' Kirstie said. 

She arrived on her first day in a blond wig and a 'goody-two-shoes' dress to the amusement of her new co-stars. 

Alley had a successful career before and after Cheers, making her film debut in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and starring alongside John Travolta

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