Suzanne Somers’ husband reveals star’s final moments, she died holding his hand
- 7 months ago
Suzanne Somers “fought until her last breath” to stay alive — and died holding her beloved husband Alan Hamel’s hand.
Still numb from the loss of his wife of nearly 50 years, Hamel told Page Six that Somers — a famous fan of holistic medicine — used every treatment available after her breast cancer returned earlier this year.
The actress died at 5 a.m. at her Palm Springs, California, home Sunday morning, a day before her 77th birthday.
“We continued our search for the right thing to do at all times,” Hamel, 87, said, revealing that Somers relied on “alternative, integrative and allopathic [Western medicine]” treatments.
“It got to the point where cancer is very tricky. Just when you think everything is fine and you get an all clear, cancer does an end-run … cancer is ugly, it’s an epidemic,” he said with a sigh.
One of the things we talked about was that we knew that this day was coming,” he said. However, “We thought it was going to be me [first] because I am 10 years older than her … It was a conundrum. I said, ‘If I pass, then you’ll be alone. I can’t imagine you being alone, there is no solution.'”
The “Three’s Company” star spent seven weeks before her death at a physical therapy clinic in Chicago, struggling to deal with pain after breaking her neck when she fell down stairs at home in 2020. Hamel fell down with her.
Somers’ long-time rep R. Couri Hay told Page Six: “She never truly recovered from her fall on the stairs, and cancer weakens your bones.
“Alan was with her, they rarely spent an hour apart in 55 years together. She spent seven weeks there and then headed home for her birthday. She planned to be with her family.
“Her son Bruce, daughter Leslie and daughter-in-law Caroline all arrived the day before her birthday and all she wanted was cake — she was always happiest with a red velvet cupcake.”
However, by the time Somers’ family arrived, she was in a “weakened state,” according to Hay. “She fought until her last breath, using every form of medicine,” he said. “She went peacefully after raging and fighting for her life.”
Now, he said, “Suzanne’s grandchildren came to celebrate, but instead all the family are together celebrating her life and legacy, not her birthday.”
Although she played “one of the best dumb blondes that’s ever been done” — her own description of Chrissy Snow on “Three’s Company” — Somers was actually way ahead of her time as the original Hollywood influencer.
That sitcom made her famous in the late ’70s, but her life changed again when she became the spokesperson for ThighMaster, a workout device that she hawked on infomercials
She claimed to use it herself twice a day, keeping one in her purse, by her bed and in her car.
Somers told CNBC that she stopped counting how many ThighMasters were sold after hitting 10 million— and said that she made $300 million in sales over
#suzannesomers
#threescom
Still numb from the loss of his wife of nearly 50 years, Hamel told Page Six that Somers — a famous fan of holistic medicine — used every treatment available after her breast cancer returned earlier this year.
The actress died at 5 a.m. at her Palm Springs, California, home Sunday morning, a day before her 77th birthday.
“We continued our search for the right thing to do at all times,” Hamel, 87, said, revealing that Somers relied on “alternative, integrative and allopathic [Western medicine]” treatments.
“It got to the point where cancer is very tricky. Just when you think everything is fine and you get an all clear, cancer does an end-run … cancer is ugly, it’s an epidemic,” he said with a sigh.
One of the things we talked about was that we knew that this day was coming,” he said. However, “We thought it was going to be me [first] because I am 10 years older than her … It was a conundrum. I said, ‘If I pass, then you’ll be alone. I can’t imagine you being alone, there is no solution.'”
The “Three’s Company” star spent seven weeks before her death at a physical therapy clinic in Chicago, struggling to deal with pain after breaking her neck when she fell down stairs at home in 2020. Hamel fell down with her.
Somers’ long-time rep R. Couri Hay told Page Six: “She never truly recovered from her fall on the stairs, and cancer weakens your bones.
“Alan was with her, they rarely spent an hour apart in 55 years together. She spent seven weeks there and then headed home for her birthday. She planned to be with her family.
“Her son Bruce, daughter Leslie and daughter-in-law Caroline all arrived the day before her birthday and all she wanted was cake — she was always happiest with a red velvet cupcake.”
However, by the time Somers’ family arrived, she was in a “weakened state,” according to Hay. “She fought until her last breath, using every form of medicine,” he said. “She went peacefully after raging and fighting for her life.”
Now, he said, “Suzanne’s grandchildren came to celebrate, but instead all the family are together celebrating her life and legacy, not her birthday.”
Although she played “one of the best dumb blondes that’s ever been done” — her own description of Chrissy Snow on “Three’s Company” — Somers was actually way ahead of her time as the original Hollywood influencer.
That sitcom made her famous in the late ’70s, but her life changed again when she became the spokesperson for ThighMaster, a workout device that she hawked on infomercials
She claimed to use it herself twice a day, keeping one in her purse, by her bed and in her car.
Somers told CNBC that she stopped counting how many ThighMasters were sold after hitting 10 million— and said that she made $300 million in sales over
#suzannesomers
#threescom