Markie Post passes away at age 70 after nearly four-year battle with cancer
Markie Post has passed away at the age of 70.
The actress, known for her roles in the likes of Something About Mary and the 80s sitcom Night Court, died on Saturday after a three year, ten month cancer battle, as reported by Deadline.
Post’s longtime manager Ellen Lubin Sanitsky confirmed the news to the outlet.
RIP: Markie Post has passed away at the age of 70 after a three year, ten month cancer battle, as reported by Deadline; Markie seen in 2018
Post’s death comes less than a month after the passing of her Night Court co-star Charles Robinson who played a legal clerk on the series.
Robinson’s manager attributed his death to metastatic adenocarcinoma, plus septic shock that caused him to suffer cardiac arrest with multisystem organ failures.
Post grew up in an intellectual family – her father was a scientist whose work ranged from nuclear fusion to magnetic levitation and her mother was a poet.
She was born in Palo Alto, California in 1950 and raised in the Bay Area alongside two siblings, ultimately going to Lewis And Clark College in Portland.
Her showbiz career began on the game show circuit with shots like being a dealer on a program called Card Sharks hosted by Jim Perry.
Early in her professional life she also worked with the late Alex Trebek – she was an associate producer on the game show Double Dare which he hosted.
As her career continued through the 1970s she remained on TV but drifted from game shows into acting with guest spots on multiple iconic series of the era.
She scored roles on Buck Rodgers In The 25th Century, The Love Boat, Barnaby Jones and The A-Team among others.
Her first shot as a series regular was on The Fall Guy, a show starring Lee Majors as a bounty hunter whose day job is as a stuntman.
Markie portrayed a bail bondswoman called Terri Shannon on the program, which she acted on from 1982 until 1985.
This post first appeared on Dailymail.co.uk
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