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.

NEW YORK (AP) — 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.

Markie Post, who became a star in the 1980s playing a plucky public defender on “Night Court” and had a long run of TV roles, died Saturday at her home in Los Angeles. She was 70. Post waged a ...

Markie Post, who became a star in the 1980s playing a plucky public defender on “Night Court” and had a long run of TV roles, died Saturday at her home in Los Angeles. She was 70.

Later roles included appearances on The Love Boat, Cheers, Fantasy Island, and The A-Team. Post landed her first recurring role as Terri Michaels, a bail bondswoman on ABC’s The Fall Guy ...

Markie Post, best known as easily flustered public defender Christine Sullivan on the about-to-be-revived Night Court, as well as The Fall Guy and Hearts Afire, passed away on Saturday following a ...