DANSON’S CHEERS FEARS

Hopes to make peace with Shelley before it’s too late!

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Shelley Long left Cheers at the height of its popularity in 1987 after five seasons playing Diane Chambers

RUEFUL Cheers star Ted Danson is doing some major soul-searching now that he’s 78.

Not only has he made a groveling apology to ex-girlfriend Whoopi Goldberg for appearing in blackface while roasting her in 1993, a source says he’s also desperate to make peace with former costar Shelley Long.

Ted costarred opposite the 76-year-old actress on the hit sitcom from 1982 until she left in 1987.

But the Troop Beverly Hills star is a virtual hermit these days and she’s long avoided getting together with her costars, says an insider.