American TV actress Markie Post, of 'Night Court', dead at 70

Actress Markie Post was a regular presence across several decades of television. Photo: 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 Saturday (Aug 7) in Los Angeles after a years-long battle with cancer.