Alley first entered the world of weight loss in 2004 when she signed up for Jenny Craig. The actress became a spokesperson for the weight loss program that same year.

Before her death, Alley was open about her health and weight. She worked as a spokesperson for weight-management company, Jenny Craig, from 2004 to 2007, where she lost 75 pounds, bringing her weight down to 145 pounds.

As Kristie revealed in an interview, she has been an emotional and binge eater all her life but it did not show up as weight gain till she hit menopause. Kristie decided to lose excess weight for health reasons and combines calorie restriction with fitness practices like dancing, yoga, jogging, and running.

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In an interview with Wendy Williams, Kirstie Alley revealed that she was a foodie and loved to overindulge in all kinds of fattening foods, such as cheeseburgers, pies, and brownies. However, until she was 52, she did not gain weight. But after hitting early menopause, she started gaining weight.

In 2009, she told People magazine that her scale hit 228 lbs., "which is my highest weight ever."

'” Although Travolta has never publicly expressed as much romantic ardor for Alley, he did seem to cherish their bond.

Shortly after, Alley's former costar Ted Danson released a heartfelt statement praising her as “hysterically funny” with a “heart of gold.” Danson famously played Sam Malone on all 11 seasons of “Cheers,” one of the most popular sitcoms of all time.

colon cancer Following the news that actor Kirstie Alley died of colon cancer at age 71, several doctors and cancer specialists urged people to get the recommended screenings for the disease.

In 1977, actress Diana Hyland, whom the actor had been seriously dating for a year, died of the very same cause. At 41, she was 18 years older than 23-year-old Travolta, and somewhat scandalously played his mother in the TV movie “The Boy in the Plastic Bubble.” As soon as the cameras rolled, Travolta was smitten.

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"The news of Kirstie Alley's passing is very sad," Remini, 52, said in a statement shared with Rolling Stone. The actresses had been engaged in a years-long public war of words after Remini broke with the Scientology in 2013.