Celebrated actor Valerie Mahaffey, whose stage, film and television work ranged from Shakespeare to the hit 1990s series “Northern Exposure,” died at age 71 after a battle with cancer, according to a ...

In July 1990, CBS viewers tuned in to a fish-out-of-water story set in a remote Alaskan village. But sharp-eyed viewers realized that the town featured in “Northern Exposure” was not real Alaska. For ...