{"id":17051,"date":"2024-10-28T20:59:46","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T20:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rcourihay.com\/?p=17051"},"modified":"2026-03-13T19:50:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T19:50:38","slug":"suzanne-somers-husband-once-fought-like-mad-dogs-but-their-passionate-love-endured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rcourihay.com\/staging\/blog\/suzanne-somers-husband-once-fought-like-mad-dogs-but-their-passionate-love-endured\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Three&#8217;s Company&#8217; star Suzanne Somers, husband once &#8216;fought like mad dogs&#8217; but their &#8216;passionate love&#8217; endured"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.glamour.com\/story\/dakota-johnson-plays-with-proportions-in-a-super-oversize-blazer\"><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 400; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 48px; line-height: 1.2; font-family: &quot;SchnyderS demi&quot;; margin-block: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; white-space-collapse: collapse;\">&#8216;Three&#8217;s Company&#8217; star Suzanne Somers, husband once &#8216;fought like mad dogs&#8217; but their &#8216;passionate love&#8217; endured<\/h2>\n<p><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>The full article appeared on Fox News October 15, 2024.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/threes-company-star-suzanne-somers-husband-once-fought-mad-dogs-passionate-love-endured\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">Click here to read the full article<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1rem; padding: 0px; font-family: 'Limerick Serial', Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: var(--dog-line-height,1.75rem); letter-spacing: var(--dog-letter-spacing,inherit); text-underline-offset: var(--dog-text-underline-offset,.25rem); counter-reset: section 0; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.95);\">For Alan Hamel, love never dies.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been a year since the producer lost his wife, &#8220;Three&#8217;s Company&#8221; star Suzanne Somers. The actress passed away on Oct. 15, 2023 &#8211; just one day before her 77th birthday. She had breast cancer for over 23 years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 26px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Cambria, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;\">Hamel told Fox News Digital he\u2019s grateful to have experienced extraordinary love with Somers.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" src=\"https:\/\/rcourihay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-28-at-5.13.08\u202fPM-768x431.png\" alt=\"Suzanne Somers, husband once &#039;fought like mad dogs&#039; but their &#039;passionate love&#039; endured\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rcourihay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-28-at-5.13.08\u202fPM-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/rcourihay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-28-at-5.13.08\u202fPM-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/rcourihay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-28-at-5.13.08\u202fPM-1024x575.png 1024w, https:\/\/rcourihay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-28-at-5.13.08\u202fPM.png 1404w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Alan Hamel and Suzanne Somers married in 1977. They remained together until her death in 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow: hidden; margin: 0px 8px 0px 0px; height: 1em; display: inline;\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><small style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 10px; line-height: 2; text-transform: uppercase; color: #737373; font-family: 'Work Sans', sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;\">(Gabe Ginsberg\/FilmMagic\/Getty images)<\/small><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Cambria, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Cambria, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: #ffffff; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">&#8220;Suzanne called her beautiful mother that day [we met] and said, &#8216;I have just met the man I am going to marry,&#8221; he shared. &#8220;We both knew this was real, not a flirting moment.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" src=\"https:\/\/rcourihay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-28-at-4.06.56\u202fPM-768x430.png\" alt=\"Suzanne Somers\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rcourihay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-28-at-4.06.56\u202fPM-768x430.png 768w, https:\/\/rcourihay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-28-at-4.06.56\u202fPM-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/rcourihay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-28-at-4.06.56\u202fPM-1024x573.png 1024w, https:\/\/rcourihay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-28-at-4.06.56\u202fPM.png 1436w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow: hidden; margin: 0px 8px 0px 0px; height: 1em; display: inline;\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Suzanne Somers made her mark as Chrissy Snow in &#8220;Three&#8217;s Company.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow: hidden; margin: 0px 8px 0px 0px; height: 1em; display: inline;\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><small style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 10px; line-height: 2; text-transform: uppercase; color: #737373; font-family: 'Work Sans', sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;\">(ABC Photo archives\/disney general entertainment content via Getty images)<\/small><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What are the odds of a big city guy from Toronto meeting a small-town girl from a\u00a0<a style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/west\/california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blue-collar town in Northern California<\/a>, falling instantly in love and spending 55 years together, 42 of which we were not apart for even one hour?&#8221; said the 88-year-old.\u00a0<\/p>\n<picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/343\/192\/Getty_ChrissySnow.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/686\/384\/Getty_ChrissySnow.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/672\/378\/Getty_ChrissySnow.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/1344\/756\/Getty_ChrissySnow.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/931\/523\/Getty_ChrissySnow.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/1862\/1046\/Getty_ChrissySnow.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/720\/405\/Getty_ChrissySnow.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/1440\/810\/Getty_ChrissySnow.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><\/picture>\n<p>And when it came to bringing their families together, Hamel said they were up for the challenge.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Those of you who have done this know how difficult an assignment that is,&#8221; he said. &#8220;But Suzanne declared that she would put our two families together and create one magnificent family &#8211; that she did. And six beautiful grandkids iced the cake.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hamel admitted they experienced plenty of ups and downs &#8211; but they were always determined to overcome any struggles that came their way.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"356\" src=\"https:\/\/rcourihay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-28-at-4.27.14\u202fPM-1024x570.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rcourihay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-28-at-4.27.14\u202fPM-1024x570.png 1024w, https:\/\/rcourihay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-28-at-4.27.14\u202fPM-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/rcourihay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-28-at-4.27.14\u202fPM-768x428.png 768w, https:\/\/rcourihay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-28-at-4.27.14\u202fPM.png 1436w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow: hidden; margin: 0px 8px 0px 0px; height: 1em; display: inline;\" aria-expanded=\"false\">A handbag designed by Vanessa Noel for the Youth America Grand Prix&#8217;s Pointe Project Suzanne Somers and husband Alan Hamel at Studio 54 circa 1978 in New York City.<\/p>\n<p><small style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 10px; line-height: 2; text-transform: uppercase; color: #737373; font-family: 'Work Sans', sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;\">VANESSA NOEL (Robin platzer\/images\/getty images)<\/small><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Cambria, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;\">Suzanne was incredibly wise and savvy for her years,&#8221; Hamel explained. &#8220;For the first few years, we fought like mad dogs, but always returned to our passionate love for one another.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After one of our fights, Suzanne said to me, &#8216;No matter how bad it gets, let&#8217;s never break up.&#8217; And we never did,&#8221; said Hamel. &#8220;We always went to sleep every night holding hands, and in the morning, I would always awaken a few minutes before Suzanne and I would just lay there, staring at her beautiful face.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> Over the years, they became more in sync with each other, Hamel shared.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" src=\"https:\/\/rcourihay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-28-at-5.08.10\u202fPM-768x429.png\" alt=\"Passionate Love\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rcourihay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-28-at-5.08.10\u202fPM-768x429.png 768w, https:\/\/rcourihay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-28-at-5.08.10\u202fPM-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/rcourihay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-28-at-5.08.10\u202fPM-1024x572.png 1024w, https:\/\/rcourihay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-28-at-5.08.10\u202fPM.png 1432w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: inherit; overflow: hidden; margin: 0px 8px 0px 0px; height: 1em; display: inline;\" aria-expanded=\"false\">&#8220;We were so resonant that we\u2019d come out of our closets wearing exactly the same colors and crack up,&#8221; said Alan Hamel.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><small style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 10px; line-height: 2; text-transform: uppercase; color: #737373; font-family: 'Work Sans', sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;\">(courtesy of alan hamel)<\/small><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We were so resonant that we&#8217;d come out of our closets wearing exactly the same colors and crack up,&#8221; he recalled. &#8220;We would communicate while silent. We took a 3,000-mile drive and there were hours we&#8217;d not speak, but we knew we were thinking similar thoughts.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Looking back, Hamel said the secret behind their decades-long marriage was surprisingly simple. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/entertainment\/events\/marriage\">pair said &#8220;I do&#8221; in 1977<\/a> and remained together until her death.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The other wisdom from Suzanne was that we should surrender to one another,&#8221; he revealed. &#8220;I would do what she wanted to do, and she would do what I wanted to do. [Her son] Bruce said we had a codependent relationship that actually worked.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" src=\"https:\/\/rcourihay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-28-at-5.25.14\u202fPM-768x431.png\" alt=\"Passionate Love\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rcourihay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-28-at-5.25.14\u202fPM-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/rcourihay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-28-at-5.25.14\u202fPM-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/rcourihay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-28-at-5.25.14\u202fPM-1024x575.png 1024w, https:\/\/rcourihay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-28-at-5.25.14\u202fPM.png 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Dating was a big part of the couple&#8217;s daily routine.<\/p>\n<p><small style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 10px; line-height: 2; text-transform: uppercase; color: #737373; font-family: 'Work Sans', sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;\">(Gregg deguire\/wireimage\/getty images)<\/small><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Cambria, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;\">&#8220;We loved dating,&#8221; Hamel gushed. &#8220;Suzanne would get all incredible looking wearing one of her sparkling mini dresses &#8211; she had killer legs &#8211; nighttime makeup and the right color Manolos. We&#8217;d go to one of our favorite, intimate French restaurants, order a bottle of great wine, and spend the evening looking at each other and silently saying how great is the love we have. Or I&#8217;d tease her about some of her idiosyncrasies and act them out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Cambria, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;\">Somers&#8217; son also told Fox News Digital that the TV icon was not only a loving wife but a doting mother too. They leaned on each other as she skyrocketed to fame as Chrissy snow.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Cambria, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;\">&#8220;My mother and I were only 19 years apart, so we grew up together,&#8221; Bruce explained. &#8220;Our journeys often mirrored each other. I was 11 when she started &#8216;Three&#8217;s Company&#8217; and shot to stardom. We had to act cool about it in public, but privately we shared our awe and gratitude for the amazing things we were experiencing. Thank God I had her, because she always instilled in me that fame was an aspect of our lives, but did not define who we were as individuals or as a family.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" src=\"https:\/\/rcourihay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-28-at-4.58.01\u202fPM-1024x575.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rcourihay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-28-at-4.58.01\u202fPM-1024x575.png 1024w, https:\/\/rcourihay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-28-at-4.58.01\u202fPM-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/rcourihay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-28-at-4.58.01\u202fPM-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/rcourihay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-28-at-4.58.01\u202fPM.png 1436w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Suzanne Somers is seen here with her son Bruce Somers Jr. as she was honored &#8230; [+] <small style=\"color: #737373; font-family: 'Work Sans', sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 10px; line-height: 2; text-transform: uppercase;\"><\/small><small style=\"color: #737373; font-family: 'Work Sans', sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 10px; line-height: 2; text-transform: uppercase;\">SGranitz\/Wireimage\/getty images)<\/small><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Cambria, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;\">Bruce shared that Somers had shown signs she was still by his side.<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Cambria, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;\">&#8220;I miss her terribly, but she shows up in her own way,&#8221; said Bruce. &#8220;I talk to her all the time. Recently, I took a meditative hike in the Alps. My mother used to always say, &#8216;If you want to see the face of God, go into nature.&#8217; High in the Alps, there&#8217;s only a weed here and a shrub there. However, as I talked to her on my hike, I would come around a corner and there, by itself, was a single daisy saying, &#8216;Hello!&#8217; I saw my mother&#8217;s bright happy face in each one of those daisies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"357\" src=\"https:\/\/rcourihay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-28-at-4.55.03\u202fPM-1024x571.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rcourihay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-28-at-4.55.03\u202fPM-1024x571.png 1024w, https:\/\/rcourihay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-28-at-4.55.03\u202fPM-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/rcourihay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-28-at-4.55.03\u202fPM-768x429.png 768w, https:\/\/rcourihay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-28-at-4.55.03\u202fPM.png 1430w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><br \/>\n\t\tSuzanne Somers, known for her roles in &#8220;Threes Company&#8221; and &#8220;Step by Step,&#8221; died on Oct. 15, following &#8230; [+]<br \/>\n<small style=\"color: #737373; font-family: 'Work Sans', sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 10px; line-height: 2; text-transform: uppercase;\">(Getty Images)<\/small><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1.2rem; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Cambria, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 18px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;\">&#8220;Daisies are rare at that altitude,&#8221; he reflected. &#8220;It got to the point where I would giggle each time it happened. I know she&#8217;s always with me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Somers is survived by Hamel, Bruce, two stepchildren and six grandchildren.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The actress, who starred as Chrissy Snow in the &#8217;70s sitcom, died on Oct. 15, 2023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17052,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1974],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recent-press"],"acf":{"full_width":false,"header_transparent":false,"header_white":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>&#039;Three&#039;s Company&#039; star Suzanne Somers, husband once &#039;fought like mad dogs&#039; but their &#039;passionate love&#039; endured - R. 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