Her death was confirmed by her manager Ellen Lubin Sanitsky of Wright Entertainment on Sunday, August 8. Markie died on Saturday, August 7, at the age of 70.

her family said in a statement “With great sadness, the family of actress Markie Post tonight shares her passing after a three-year, ten-month battle with cancer,”

Post chose to continue working despite battling cancer and going through chemo treatments, “determined to make it her ‘side job,'” the statement said, adding that the actress played a role in a Lifetime Christmas movie and was a frequent guest star on the ABC series “The Kids Are Alright” during that fight.

her family said “But for us, our pride is in who she was in addition to acting; a person who made elaborate cakes for friends, sewed curtains for first apartments and showed us how to be kind, loving and forgiving in an often harsh world,”

Born on November 4, 1950, in Palo Alto, California, Post launched her TV career “by working behind the scenes on game shows,” online entertainment news site Deadline reported. She eventually got in front of the camera in 1979, appearing on shows including “Chips,” “The Incredible Hulk” and “Hart to Hart.”

Post became widely known for her roles on the popular 1980s shows, “The Fall Guy” and “Night Court” and more recent appearances in ABC’s “The Kids Are Alright” and Lifetime Movies.

She is survived by her husband Michael A Ross, and two daughters, Kate Armstrong Ross, and Daisy Schoenborn.