{"id":16120,"date":"2023-10-16T13:49:17","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T13:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rcourihay.com\/?p=16120"},"modified":"2026-03-13T18:53:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T18:53:32","slug":"somos-community-care-working-to-get-more-latinas-into-health-care-cbs-news-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rcourihay.com\/staging\/blog\/somos-community-care-working-to-get-more-latinas-into-health-care-cbs-news-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Suzanne Somers, Star of \u2018Three\u2019s Company,\u2019 Is Dead at 76"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 14-09-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style>\n<h6><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/10\/15\/obituaries\/suzanne-somers-dead.html\">The sad demise of Suzanne Somers was covered by all the top media publications. Click the media outlet below to read the coverage.<\/a><\/h6>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/marcberman1\/2023\/10\/15\/suzanne-somers-dead-the-threes-company-star-was-76\/?sh=40d3a1411761\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forbes<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/suzanne-somers-dead-at-76-8358227\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">People Magazine<\/a> |\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insideedition.com\/suzanne-somers-family-had-been-planning-big-birthday-bash-when-she-suddenly-passed-away-84136\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Inside Edition<\/a> |\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/10\/16\/style\/suzanne-somers-influencer.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/tv-movies\/tv-movie-news\/suzanne-somers-threes-company-actress-dead-obit-1234854796\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rolling Stones<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/suzanne-somers-threes-company-star-dies-age-76\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS News<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/style\/2023\/10\/read-the-emotional-love-poem-suzanne-somers-husband-wrote-before-her-death\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vanity Fair<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etonline.com\/suzanne-somers-dead-at-76-khloe-kardashian-andy-cohen-and-more-pay-tribute-213083\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ET Online<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2023\/10\/15\/suzanne-somers-threes-company-dead-76-cancer\/71197413007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USA Today<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/health\/suzanne-somers-cause-of-death-rcna120576\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Today.com<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/actress-suzanne-somers-dead-76\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/10\/15\/1206040580\/suzanne-somers-threes-company-dead\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NPR<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/GMA\/Culture\/threes-company-actress-suzanne-somers-dies-76\/story?id=102538674\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC News<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/10\/15\/suzanne-somers-dead-at-76-celebrities-react\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Page Six<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bravotv.com\/the-daily-dish\/suzanne-somers-dead-bravo-tv-shows-appearances-details\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bravo TV<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/tv-and-radio\/2023\/oct\/15\/suzanne-somers-actor-threes-company-american-graffiti\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Guardian<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-12643375\/Suzanne-Somers-husband-Alan-Hamel-celebrates-77th-birthday.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Mail<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/10\/17\/suzanne-somers-dead-threes-company-to-thighmaster-fortune\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/pop-culture\/pop-culture-news\/suzanne-somers-struggled-cancer-20s-threes-company-rcna120759\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/10\/15\/entertainment\/suzanne-somers-death\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/suzanne-somers-dead_n_652c422be4b03b213b06539c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Huffpost<\/a> |<a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/GMA\/Culture\/threes-company-actress-suzanne-somers-dies-76\/story?id=102538674\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Good Morning America\u00a0<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glamour.com\/story\/suzanne-somers-has-died-at-76-years-old\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Glamour<\/a> |\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2023\/tv\/news\/suzanne-somers-dead-threes-company-1235756992\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Variety<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/parade.com\/celebrities\/suzanne-somers-cause-of-death\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Parade<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/read-letter-suzanne-somers-husband-212753019.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AOL<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/health-news\/articles\/2023-10-16\/threes-company-star-suzanne-somers-dies-from-cancer-at-76\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">US News<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2023\/10\/16\/suzanne-somers-husband-alan-hamel-wrote-love-letter-day-before-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TMZ<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Suzanne Somers, Star of \u2018Three\u2019s Company,\u2019 Is Dead at 76<\/h3>\n<p style=\"border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', arial, helvetica, verdana, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 1rem; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000;\">She became famous for playing, as she put it, \u201cone of the best dumb blondes that\u2019s ever been done,\u201d then became a sex-positive health and diet mogul.<\/p>\n<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 14-09-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\n<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/rcourihay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/15somers-1-superJumbo-768x616.webp\" alt=\"Suzanne Somers, Star of \u2018Three\u2019s Company\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rcourihay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/15somers-1-superJumbo-768x616.webp 768w, https:\/\/rcourihay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/15somers-1-superJumbo-300x241.webp 300w, https:\/\/rcourihay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/15somers-1-superJumbo-1024x822.webp 1024w, https:\/\/rcourihay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/15somers-1-superJumbo-1536x1232.webp 1536w, https:\/\/rcourihay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/15somers-1-superJumbo.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption>Suzanne Somers, right, on the set of \u201cThree\u2019s Company\u201d in 1977 with her co-stars, Joyce DeWitt and John Ritter.Credit&#8230;ABC Photo Archives, via Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<a style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: black; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/by\/alex-traub\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; font: inherit; vertical-align: bottom; width: 50px; border-radius: 50%;\" title=\"Alex Traub\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2022\/05\/05\/reader-center\/author-alex-traub\/author-alex-traub-thumbLarge.png\" alt=\"Alex Traub\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding: 0px; border: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.25rem; font-family: nyt-franklin, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: inline-block; color: var(--color-content-secondary,#363636);\">By\u00a0<a style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-decoration-color: var(--color-content-quaternary,#727272); color: inherit; text-underline-offset: 1px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/by\/alex-traub\">Alex Traub<\/a><\/p>\n<p><time style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 0.8125rem; line-height: 1rem; font-family: nyt-franklin, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: var(--color-content-secondary,#363636); display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; flex-shrink: 1;\" datetime=\"2023-10-16T16:51:15-04:00\">Published\u00a0Oct. 15, 2023Updated\u00a0Oct. 16, 2023<\/p>\n<p><\/time><\/p>\n<p>Suzanne Somers, who gained fame by playing a ditsy blonde on the hit sitcom \u201cThree\u2019s Company\u201d and then by getting fired when she demanded equal pay with the series\u2019 male star \u2014 and who later built a health and diet business empire, most notably with the ThighMaster \u2014 died on Sunday at her home in Palm Springs, Calif. She was one day away from turning 77.<\/p>\n<p>The cause was breast cancer, Caroline Somers, her daughter-in-law, said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThree\u2019s Company,\u201d which premiered in 1977, told the story of two roommates \u2014 Chrissy Snow, a secretary, played by Ms. Somers; and Janet Wood, a florist, played by Joyce DeWitt \u2014 who welcome a man to join them as a third roommate: Jack Tripper, a culinary student played by\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2003\/09\/13\/arts\/john-ritter-54-the-odd-man-in-three-s-company-is-dead.html\">John Ritter<\/a>. Since their landlord would frown on an unmarried man living with two single women, the group pretended that Jack was gay.<\/p>\n<p>High jinks ensued. The show featured\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RzK7SKliosE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">slapstick comedy<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sDdf5not9ns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">lighthearted misunderstandings<\/a>\u00a0and jokey one-liners.<\/p>\n<p>By the show\u2019s fifth season, \u201cThree\u2019s Company\u201d was one of the nation\u2019s most popular sitcoms.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Somers\u2019s acrimonious contract negotiations with ABC became news in 1982 when\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1982\/02\/22\/arts\/tv-susanne-somers-special-on-cbs.html\">she asked for a raise<\/a>, to $50,000 from $30,000 an episode. In recent years, Ms. Somers\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/shes-greedy-suzanne-somers-remembers-asking-equal-pay-threes-company-resulted-smear-campaign-150058529.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">repeatedly said<\/a>\u00a0that\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tv\/suzanne-somers-recalls-being-fired-from-threes-company-for-asking-for-equal-pay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">she had sought $150,000<\/a>, in line with Mr. Ritter\u2019s pay (the equivalent of about $490,000 today).<\/p>\n<p>She did not get the pay increase. Instead, she was fired.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been playing what I think is one of the best dumb blondes that\u2019s ever been done, but I never got any credit,\u201d\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/timesmachine.nytimes.com\/timesmachine\/1980\/02\/22\/111222957.html?pageNumber=52\">she told The Times that year<\/a>. \u201cI did it so well that everyone thought I really\u00a0<em>was<\/em>\u00a0a dumb blonde.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Somers\u2019s first notable role came in the 1973 Oscar-nominated film \u201cAmerican Graffiti,\u201d though she appeared only briefly, mouthing \u201cI love you\u201d to one of the stars, Richard Dreyfuss; the credits listed her as \u201cBlonde in T-Bird.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But that scene was beguiling enough to earn her a spot on \u201cThe Tonight Show\u201d with Johnny Carson, who, Ms. Somers recalled\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/06\/05\/how-suzanne-somers-nearly-lost-role-in-george-lucas-classic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">in an interview<\/a>\u00a0with Page Six this year, introduced her as \u201cthe mysterious blonde in the Thunderbird from \u2018American Graffiti.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Appearing on \u201cThe Tonight Show,\u201d she said, got her the audition for \u201cThree\u2019s Company.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the years after \u201cThree\u2019s Company,\u201d Ms. Somers remained in the public eye through frequent appearances in movies and on television, including the 1990s sitcom \u201cStep by Step,\u201d a stint co-hosting the television series \u201cCandid Camera\u201d and a wide variety of talk shows.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But her later reputation sprang from her business acumen, which proved to be more formidable than ABC\u2019s executives may have appreciated in 1980.<\/p>\n<p>She and her husband, Alan Hamel, made the ThighMaster, a workout device, one of the most recognizable products in infomercial history, thanks in part to Ms. Somers\u2019s many leggy appearances alongside the product. The ads showcased her beauty and her advice that ThighMaster was \u201ceasy to squeeze, squeeze your way to shapely hips and thighs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More than 10 million ThighMaster units have been sold at an average price of $30, said Caroline Somers, the president of her mother-in-law\u2019s company, which owns ThighMaster and has overseen Ms. Somers\u2019s other business and entertainment activities.<\/p>\n<p>n the mid-2000s, Ms. Somers was appearing on the Home Shopping Network for more than 25 hours every month. She was the pitchwoman for everything from cowboy boots to waffle irons.<\/p>\n<p>She also wrote more than 25 books, including 14 best sellers, mostly focusing on issues related to the body and aging.<\/p>\n<p>Some methods she promoted \u2014 particularly bioidentical hormone replacement therapy, a treatment that\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2006\/10\/15\/fashion\/a-battle-over-juice-of-youth.html\">she called \u201cthe juice of youth\u201d<\/a>\u00a0for menopausal women \u2014\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalacademies.org\/news\/2020\/07\/prescribers-should-restrict-the-use-of-non-fda-approved-compounded-bioidentical-hormones-except-for-specific-medical-circumstances\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">have been criticized<\/a>\u00a0by doctors as unproved and possibly unsafe, even as the\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/05\/25\/opinion\/feminist-menopause.html\">market for them has grown<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The foundation of her business efforts was the sex positivity that she had embodied since \u201cThree\u2019s Company.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA sexual person is a healthy person,\u201d she\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/01\/31\/style\/suzanne-somers-gets-flirty-in-a-pink-salt-room.html\">told The Times<\/a>\u00a0for a profile of her in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Suzanne Marie Mahoney was born on Oct. 16, 1946, in San Bruno, Calif., to Francis and Marion (Turner) Mahoney. Her mother was a medical secretary. Her father had some success as an athlete \u2014 in baseball and boxing \u2014 but not enough for a lasting career; he spent much of Suzanne\u2019s youth working at a brewery.<\/p>\n<p>Suzanne Mahoney was kicked out of a Catholic high school when nuns discovered love letters she had written. She graduated from Capuchino High School, a public school, in San Bruno.<\/p>\n<p>She attended Lone Mountain College (which later became part of the University of San Francisco), but she dropped out after she discovered in 1965 that she was pregnant. She married the baby\u2019s father, Bruce Somers, days later.<\/p>\n<p>They divorced in the late 1960s. Not long afterward, she worked as a prize model on a game show hosted by Alan Hamel, a frequent TV host. They quickly began dating and married in 1977.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Caroline Somers, Ms. Somers is survived by her husband; a son from her first marriage, Bruce Somers; two stepchildren, Stephen and Leslie Hamel; two siblings, Maureen Gilmartin and Dan Mahoney; two granddaughters; and four step-grandchildren.<\/p>\n<section>\n<p>Ms. Somers was first diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer more than 20 years ago. She pivoted from selling mainly jewelry, apparel and weight-loss and diet products to focusing on organic skin care and cleaning goods, along with her promotion of hormone therapy.<\/p>\n<p>She managed to sustain an energetic calendar of live performances. An autobiographical show on Broadway, \u201cThe Blonde in the Thunderbird,\u201d was\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2005\/07\/20\/arts\/somers-sequinless-and-silly.html\">critically panned<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorktheatreguide.com\/theatre-news\/news\/the-blonde-in-the-thunderbird-closes-after-only-eight-regular-performances\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">closed<\/a>\u00a0after only 15 performances in 2005, but she had\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reviewjournal.com\/entertainment\/entertainment-columns\/kats\/in-vegas-somers-starred-at-original-mgm-las-vegas-hilton-2922150\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">better luck<\/a>\u00a0in Las Vegas, where she enjoyed many years of song-and-dance gigs, featuring flamboyant costumes and no small amount of glitter.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of her Times profile in 2020, Ms. Somers had recently fallen from a private tram at her 93-acre compound in Palm Springs while partying with friends. 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