Shelley Long
'Cheers' actress in painkiller overdose
Thursday, November 25 2004, 16:16 GMT -- by Daniel Saney
Ex-Cheers actress Shelley Long is in an LA hospital after being found to have overdosed on painkillers.
Long is famous for playing the out-of-place waitress Diane Chambers in the sitcom based in a Boston bar. For the first two series of the show, Long's character was central, much of the plot revolving around her troubled romance with barman Sam Malone, played by Ted Danson. She then went on to the big screen with The Brady Bunch Movie.
In recent times she has reportedly been suffering from depression following the break-up of her marriage last year.
The Sun quotes a friend of Long's as saying: 'A week ago, Shelley, who lives alone, kept the curtains drawn. She wasn't eating. She has always been thin, but she was almost skeletal.'
Thursday, November 25 2004, 16:16 GMT -- by Daniel Saney
Ex-Cheers actress Shelley Long is in an LA hospital after being found to have overdosed on painkillers.
Long is famous for playing the out-of-place waitress Diane Chambers in the sitcom based in a Boston bar. For the first two series of the show, Long's character was central, much of the plot revolving around her troubled romance with barman Sam Malone, played by Ted Danson. She then went on to the big screen with The Brady Bunch Movie.
In recent times she has reportedly been suffering from depression following the break-up of her marriage last year.
The Sun quotes a friend of Long's as saying: 'A week ago, Shelley, who lives alone, kept the curtains drawn. She wasn't eating. She has always been thin, but she was almost skeletal.'
