Markie Post, TV Veteran Actress of ‘Night Court,’ Dies at 70

Markie Post, TV Veteran Actress of ‘Night Court,’ Dies at 70
Actress Markie Post arrives at the Spike TV "Guys Choice" award show in Los Angeles, Calif., on May 30, 2008. Gus Ruelas/AP Photo
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NEW YORK—Markie Post, who played the public defender in the 1980s sitcom “Night Court” and was a regular presence on television for four decades, has died. She was 70.

Post’s manager, Ellen Lubin Sanitsky, said Post died Saturday in Los Angeles after a years-long battle with cancer.