John Travolta Mourns Kirstie Alley After Her Heartbreaking Death: ‘We Will See Each Other Again’

John Travolta has paid tribute to adjacent person and erstwhile co-star Kirstie Alley after her decease astatine the property of 71. “Kirstie was 1 of the astir peculiar relationships I’ve ever had,” the actor, 68, posted via Instagram connected Monday, Dec. 5. The Grease icon captioned respective throwback photos of Kirstie, including a stunning glamour changeable and candid of the brace together. “I emotion you Kirstie. I cognize we volition spot each different again,” helium besides said successful the affectional post.

John Travolta pays tribute to Kirstie Alley. (Instagram/John Travolta)

John and Kirstie had a longstanding relationship that began erstwhile they worked connected 1989’s iconic romanticist comedy Look Who’s Talking, which went connected to gross implicit $297 cardinal astatine the container office. In the film, Kirstie plays career-minded accountant Mollie Jensen who becomes large via George Segal‘s quality Albert. Amid the pregnancy, she becomes champion friends and past romantically progressive with cab operator James, played by John. Bruce Willis is besides successful the Amy Heckerling directed movie arsenic the dependable of her talking newborn babe Mikey. The movie spawned 2 sequels, including 1990’s Look Who’s Talking Too and 1993’s Look Who’s Talking Now.

Kirstie Alley and John Travolta starred successful 1989’s ‘Look Who’s Talking’, which besides spawned 2 sequels. (TriStar Pictures / Everett Collection)

The 2 stayed adjacent friends implicit the decades, with John adjacent supporting Kirstie during her archetypal play connected Dancing With The Stars back successful 2011 (she competed erstwhile again successful 2015). The Saturday Night Fever histrion really helped Kirstie choreograph her foxtrot with spouse Maksim Chmerkovskiy, making a cameo connected the amusement successful a pre-taped segment. He hilariously suggested his adjacent pal “try a sneaker” for the creation aft her Manolo Blahnik footwear went flying during a mishap successful an earlier episode.

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— Kirstie Alley (@kirstiealley) December 6, 2022

Kirstie’s decease was confirmed conscionable minutes earlier John’s station pursuing a backstage conflict with cancer. The heartbreaking announcement was made by her children William Stevenson, 30, and Lillie Stevenson, 28, via their mom’s societal media — noting that the crab was “only precocious discovered.” They added that “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 children, who she shares with ex-husband Parker Stevenson, besides said they were “grateful to the unthinkable squad of doctors and nurses astatine the Moffitt Cancer Center for their care” and described their ma arsenic a “incredible, fierce and loving mother.”

Kirstie, who roseate to fame for her relation on Cheers, was joined to Parker from 1983 to 1987, which was her 2nd marriage. She was besides wed to Bob Alley from 1970 to 1977.