CHEERS - MANAGER: LONG IS NOT SUICIDAL

LATEST: Former CHEERS star SHELLEY LONG is back home after an alleged drug overdose, although her manager insists she merely took one pain pill too many to combat a severe back ache.

The 55-year-old actress' spokesman MARTIN MICKELSON has denied American newspaper reports that the star took an overdose after battling depression following the break-up of her 22-year marriage.

The NEW YORK POST claimed Long was hospitalised on 16 November (04). Mickelson insists she merely misjudged her pain medication and spent a night in hospital.