Markie Post, TV veteran actor of Night Court, dies at 70

Markie Post (Gus Ruelas/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.

Post’s manager, Ellen Lubin Sanitsky, said Post died on Saturday in Los Angeles after battling cancer for years.